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tinsel

noun

ˈtin(t)-səl

Definition of tinsel

as in glitter

something attractive but lacking in substance a book that examines popular fame and finds it to be very disposable tinsel

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Recent Examples of tinsel The party took over three levels of the Avalon, offering up plenty of activities with a tarot reader, portrait and hair tinsel stations, photo booth, makeup touch-up counter and a red carpet. — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026 Beneath red tinsel and in the dim glow of club lighting, six young couples kiss, each seemingly wrapped up in their own little worlds. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 July 2026 A lot of ornaments and tinsel on the Christmas tree. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026 Hair tinsel is also offered, and everyone leaves with a swag bag. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for tinsel

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The art of assemblage, a cobbling together of things with glue, glitter, and grit, became a way of life.

— Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
But Huettl’s personal favorite looks are ones that she’s created for games with a good cause, such green elastics, glitter, and hair ties for the team’s Mental Health Awareness Game or pink details for the Breast Cancer Awareness Game.

— Audrey Noble, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026

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The nine courses move between drink and dish, from a Sundarban honey mead with cotton candy to a Tooyamalli rice cocktail with clarified rasam, whiskey and rice foam, served alongside a Gunpowder Idli filled with pepper crab and caviar.

— Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
The best new launches are leaving behind the cloying sweetness of marshmallow, cotton candy and caramel that dominated the last couple years in favor of more nuanced concoctions.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of cotton candy

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