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fig leaf

noun

as in Potemkin village

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Recent Examples on the Web Two barely serviceable rear seats provide the stylish convertible with a fig leaf of practicality. —

Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2024 Former Vice President Mike Pence, a devout Christian who joined the Trump campaign as its fig leaf to the religious bloc of voters, expressed frustration with Trump’s new position this week. —

Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024 For those watching outside Russia, the pageant provides Putin with a useful fig leaf—albeit not a very convincing one to anyone with critical-thinking skills—to claim that his rule has been approved by the popular will. —

Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2024 But to Meiklejohn, this seemed like an inherently dangerous sort of fig leaf to hide behind. —

Andy Greenberg, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fig leaf

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