as in eye candy
something attractive but lacking in substance
the beauty pageant is a variety of cotton candy that the public has clearly started to grow tired of
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The arena overflowed with more pink than a cotton candy factory – youngsters in sparkly dresses hoisted in the air by dads, twentysomethings in short, ruffled skirts – as the flock embraced the girly-girl aesthetic Carpenter presents.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
There were various food stations with fancy bites like Korean chicken, fish tacos, turkey burgers and empanadas, as well a dessert kiosk featuring cotton candy and cheesecake disguised to look like rocks (a neat science-of-food trick).
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
What's new: Football game food will never be the same after the Cardinals introduced a new cotton candy burrito.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 7 Sep. 2024
Brittany documented some of the night on her Instagram Stories, including sharing a photo of the tasty-looking cake, which was presented alongside other desserts loaded with cotton candy.
—Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2024
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
There were various food stations with fancy bites like Korean chicken, fish tacos, turkey burgers and empanadas, as well a dessert kiosk featuring cotton candy and cheesecake disguised to look like rocks (a neat science-of-food trick).
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
What's new: Football game food will never be the same after the Cardinals introduced a new cotton candy burrito.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 7 Sep. 2024
Brittany documented some of the night on her Instagram Stories, including sharing a photo of the tasty-looking cake, which was presented alongside other desserts loaded with cotton candy.
—Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Cotton candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cotton%20candy. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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