window dressing

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Meaning

the decoration of shop windows

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window-dressing

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The truth is Darwinism is not a scientific theory, but a materialistic creation myth masquerading as science. It is first and foremost a weapon against religion – especially traditional Christianity. Evidence is brought in afterwards, as window dressing. Jonathan Wells

There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing. Roger Caras

These books ain't window dressing. I think Machiavelli's the most sophisticated writer outside of Shakespeare. Way ahead of his time. Such a manipulative person. Everything he accomplished he did by kissin' ass. Mike Tyson

Add to the zombie-like state of holding forward (while hitting the same two buttons in sequence ad nauseam) story lines that feel like window dressing rather than character-driven narratives, and you have a big ole plate of ho hum. Source: Internet

Affordable curtains and window treatments can be ordered at home improvement stores or bought off the shelf at big box stores for a lower price than hiring a window dressing consultant. Source: Internet

But as with any novel by DeLillo, our preeminent brain-needler, the plot is window dressing for his preoccupations: obsessive sallies into death, information, and all kinds of other things. Source: Internet

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