as in eye candy
something attractive but lacking in substance
the beauty pageant is a variety of cotton candy that the public has clearly started to grow tired of
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Recent Examples of cotton candy
One in 100 million cotton candy lobster caught in New Hampshire
Laura spotted this ultra-rare specimen on a New Hampshire local news outlet and interviewed the scientists that received it as a donation.
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
State of play: Among the new menu options the Cardinals unveiled is a cotton candy burrito.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
Mack compares the process to spinning cotton candy.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
Water adds some brightness, a bit of cotton candy, sweet oak, ginger syrup, and pink eraser.
—Chris Perugini, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
State of play: Among the new menu options the Cardinals unveiled is a cotton candy burrito.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
Mack compares the process to spinning cotton candy.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
Water adds some brightness, a bit of cotton candy, sweet oak, ginger syrup, and pink eraser.
—Chris Perugini, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for cotton candy
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“Cotton candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cotton%20candy. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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