facades

noun

variants also façades
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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 pretenses
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive his interest in acting is just a facade—he joined the drama club to meet girls

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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 But the designers shift the location of windows within the same interior spaces to create a more varied expression on the facades. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025 If scaled up, such solar cells could prove revolutionary for solar power generation in cities where facades of tall skyscrapers offer large amounts of surface area. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2025 In particular, the windows really pop from the facades at the building’s curved corners. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025

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