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Recent Examples of window dressing
Artistic Vision Put to Work Cohen’s artistic vision isn’t just aesthetic window dressing.
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
When window dressing takes away from that central conceit, what’s the point?
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Dec. 2025
Events like these aren’t window dressing—they’re deal flow engines.
—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
To recreate the rickety window dressing, construct a frame of white lattice strips, cut boards from veneer paneling, then staple them at angles into the frame.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
When window dressing takes away from that central conceit, what’s the point?
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Dec. 2025
Events like these aren’t window dressing—they’re deal flow engines.
—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
To recreate the rickety window dressing, construct a frame of white lattice strips, cut boards from veneer paneling, then staple them at angles into the frame.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for window dressing
facade
Noun
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While Metcalf’s Linda adopts a facade of stoicism to shield her family from the grief erupting in her, Abbott’s Biff is forced to reveal the broken man behind the defiant veneer.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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The southern façade, for instance, is entirely solid—no windows, no openings—to shield the interior from the most brutal solar rays.—
Nick Mafi,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Window dressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/window%20dressing. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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