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Recent Examples of window dressing
The series is still going strong thanks to numerous sequels and a spinoff, wading into such over-the-top territory that the initial street racing conceit is now little more than window dressing.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Steichen and his staff took the best option plays from all levels of football and mixed them with NFL window dressing.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
But more celebrity window dressing would just be useless clutter obscuring the story of personal growth that’s at the heart of No Obligation.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
The contest began with a whole lot of entertaining window dressing (including a really cool block window frame that players had to build and then throw sandbags through) before ending in a puzzle that all three teams essentially started simultaneously.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Steichen and his staff took the best option plays from all levels of football and mixed them with NFL window dressing.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
But more celebrity window dressing would just be useless clutter obscuring the story of personal growth that’s at the heart of No Obligation.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
The contest began with a whole lot of entertaining window dressing (including a really cool block window frame that players had to build and then throw sandbags through) before ending in a puzzle that all three teams essentially started simultaneously.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Window dressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/window%20dressing. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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