facades

variants also façades
plural of facade
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as in faces
a forward part or surface all of the stores in the mall have facades that are in keeping with the style of a 19th-century American village

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as in fronts
a deceptively attractive external appearance the company's facade of success collapsed when it was revealed that its financial officers had been cooking the books for years

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Recent Examples of facades The facades are rigorous yet refined, giving way to luxurious but by no means in-your-face interiors. Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 7 Dec. 2024 Many others — painters of Pontiacs, drugstore facades or gumball machines — were dismissed as frivolous. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024 Powerhouse Pluto pushes Venus to go deep, shedding superficial facades in our connections and confronting what’s truly meaningful. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024

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“Facades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facades. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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