Sentence examples for merely window dressing from inspiring English sources

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Window dressing.

If something is done to pretend to be dealing with an issue or problem, rather than actually dealing with it, it is window dressing.

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The former is merely window dressing … the latter a legitimate path to sales, but all too rare".

It was suspected that safety concerns about the plant were merely window dressing to disguise the real motive behind the protests, which was to insure that India remained dependent on foreign investment.

No. 3. California Chrome (3-5) — If history, logic and racing luck prevail, the other nine are merely window dressing.

Many skeptical Kenyans believe that Biwott has the president's ear, while Leakey is merely window dressing for the donors.

Mr. Boboshko says the raids are merely window dressing because industrial scale producers continue to operate almost openly.

Instead, according to Bruni, colleges will now try to "figure out which students' community-service projects are heartfelt and which are merely window dressing".

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But that's just window dressing.

It is not simply window dressing.

So the Community Shield was just window dressing.

The rest was just window dressing.

The sustainability is not just window dressing.

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