puff piece
noun
chiefly US, informal + disapproving
: a story, news report, etc., that praises someone or something too much
The story was just another puff piece to help the mayor get reelected.
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Still flashing that trademark, if now cosmetically altered, smile, Ronaldinho makes for illuminating company throughout a doc that’s more honest than your average sanitized puff piece.
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Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
The family’s flashy open houses and intimate dinner parties were featured in a puff piece in Newsday in 1983.
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Steve Belanger,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
Cady rejects her entire Sinclair family at the end of the series, refusing to participate in a puff piece about the family and tossing the heirloom pearls into the sea.
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Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
25 June 2025
Critics dismissed it as an obvious move by the president or a political puff piece amid a flurry of executive orders and political maneuvers.
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Lee Igel,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
The Washington Post came under fire Monday for publishing what critics called a fawning puff piece about a Palestinian terror cell in the West Bank.
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Yael Halon,
Fox News,
8 Aug. 2023
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Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
The family’s flashy open houses and intimate dinner parties were featured in a puff piece in Newsday in 1983.
—
Steve Belanger,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
Cady rejects her entire Sinclair family at the end of the series, refusing to participate in a puff piece about the family and tossing the heirloom pearls into the sea.
—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
25 June 2025
Critics dismissed it as an obvious move by the president or a political puff piece amid a flurry of executive orders and political maneuvers.
—
Lee Igel,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
The Washington Post came under fire Monday for publishing what critics called a fawning puff piece about a Palestinian terror cell in the West Bank.
—
Yael Halon,
Fox News,
8 Aug. 2023
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“Puff piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puff%20piece. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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