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puff pieces

puff pieces is the plural of puff piece.

Meaning of puff piece

Noun

puff piece (plural puff pieces)

  1. (informal) A journalistic form of puffery; an article or story of exaggerated praise that often ignores or downplays opposing viewpoints or evidence to the contrary.
    • That's your first question? I thought this was supposed to be a puff piece.2004, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, spoken by Steve Zissou (Bill Murray)

Questions about puff pieces

What is puff pieces the plural of?
Puff pieces is the plural of puff piece.

Words near puff pieces in the dictionary

  1. puff paste
  2. puff pastes
  3. puff pastries
  4. puff pastry
  5. puff piece
  6. puff pieces
  7. puff pipe
  8. puff pipes
  9. puff the magic dragon
  10. puff up
  11. puff, puff, pass

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