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Recent Examples of fig leaf
In a time when the suffering and seemingly hopeless prospects of America’s poor are known to all who have eyes to see, the only fig leaf available to hide the obscenity of this bill is the old partisan charge of waste, fraud and abuse.
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Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
The spa-like fragrance has notes of fig leaf, lavandin, clary sage, geranium, sandalwood, and coconut milk.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 6 July 2025
Glossier's is an herbaceous blend of fig leaf, clary sage and sandalwood, while Maison Louis Marie's is a delicious mix of raspberry, vanilla blossom and cashmere musk.
—Jackie Fields, People.com, 19 June 2025
Best Embroidered Placemat 3/16 Maison Balzac Fig Leaf Placemat Set
$120 $96
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Dinner parties will feel all the more special with these fig leaf Maison Balzac placemats at the table.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2025
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Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
The spa-like fragrance has notes of fig leaf, lavandin, clary sage, geranium, sandalwood, and coconut milk.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 6 July 2025
Glossier's is an herbaceous blend of fig leaf, clary sage and sandalwood, while Maison Louis Marie's is a delicious mix of raspberry, vanilla blossom and cashmere musk.
—Jackie Fields, People.com, 19 June 2025
Best Embroidered Placemat 3/16 Maison Balzac Fig Leaf Placemat Set
$120 $96
SSENSE
Dinner parties will feel all the more special with these fig leaf Maison Balzac placemats at the table.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fig leaf
Noun
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Only Alain seems eager to ignore the disinformation and embrace this Potemkin village as the real deal (except when his eyes show a gathering concern).—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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But his proudest accomplishments amount to little more than a progressive Potemkin village.—
Paul Vallas,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
Noun
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That’s the problem New York entrepreneur Brynn Putnam — the woman who sold her last company, Mirror, to Lululemon for half a billion dollars — set out to solve with Board, a tabletop console designed to make screens social again.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Wear neutral clothes underneath, and use face paint or markers to draw a digital mouth or screen for an instant retro robot.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To better understand how these storms can wreak so much havoc, our research team created simulations to show how storms interact with Earth’s natural magnetic shield and trigger the dangerous geomagnetic activity that can shut down electric grids.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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The head shield, all of those tiles on the bottom, would be stripped off.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Step 7: Dust Window Treatments Clean the windows and window treatments by dusting or washing blinds or curtains, according to their care instructions.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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By the mid 20th century, the humble blind was yet another subject ripe for innovation as manufacturing techniques evolved.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Fig leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fig%20leaf. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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