Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Decorative exhibition of retail merchandise in store windows.
- noun Goods and trimmings used in such displays.
- noun A means of improving appearances or creating a falsely favorable impression.
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Examples
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The downdraft in Chinese equities also stemmed from so-called "window-dressing" by portfolio managers who often sell stocks with large losses in their funds at year-end.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SHIRLEY WON 2012
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"We cannot afford the luxury of letting these recommendations become window-dressing for the Equatorial Guinea government," one local activist said.
Lisa Misol: A Corrupt Dictator Tries to Buy UNESCO's Brand Name. Lisa Misol 2010
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But Mr. Neronha said those efforts amounted to "window-dressing," allowing Google to continue earning revenues from the allegedly illicit ad sales even as it professed to be taking action against them.
New Heat for Google CEO Thomas Catan 2011
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Rather, economics was the unnecessary window-dressing to give the film a veneer of gravitas and the hint of a news angle.
TV review: Super Tiny Animals; Bobby Fischer: Genius and Madman 2011
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Not only does this window-dressing public comment bother me, but I'm bothered by the fact that no one else seems at all bothered by it. jeffswitzer_wsdot_SR520comm
Report Says Current 520 Plan “Virtually Precludes” Rail in the Future « PubliCola 2010
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The law gets applied to the former, often mercilessly and ruthlessly, but the law doesn't apply to the latter, who get off time and again for nothing, next to nothing or by paying a window-dressing fine usually with other people's money.
Dennis M. Kelleher: First Bank Fraud, Now Political Fraud Dennis M. Kelleher 2012
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Whereas corporate philanthropic activities may have once been motivated more by image-building and were thus seen as 'window-dressing,' CSR today is more often an integral part of corporate strategy.
David Weiss: The Surprise New Consumers: Corporate Social Responsibility in a Changing World David Weiss 2011
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"We cannot afford the luxury of letting these recommendations become window-dressing for the Equatorial Guinea government," one local activist said.
Lisa Misol: A Corrupt Dictator Tries to Buy UNESCO's Brand Name. Lisa Misol 2010
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Whereas corporate philanthropic activities may have once been motivated more by image-building and were thus seen as 'window-dressing,' CSR today is more often an integral part of corporate strategy.
David Weiss: The Surprise New Consumers: Corporate Social Responsibility in a Changing World David Weiss 2011
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Usually signed as part of a larger process of window-dressing by some fossil-fuelled mega-club.
Edin Dzeko's calendar month has finally arrived | Barney Ronay 2011
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