noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
maintain
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Now the wise extra-mural department would doubtless maintain a facade of what appear to be voluntary committees.
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Indeed, the need to maintain the facade of politesse is often paramount.
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The unsophisticated and desperate ones brazened it out by maintaining a facade of affluence or normalcy by borrowing.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Behind her cheerful facade , she's really a lonely person.
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Work is underway to repair the Taj Mahal's marble facade .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the same time, she remained a perfectionist, equally determined to present a flawless facade .
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Indeed, the need to maintain the facade of politesse is often paramount.
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On both their parts, it seems, the good cheer was a facade for the benefit of the other.
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The facade of the building at least escaped from rigour.
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The facade will be changed by the removal of the old canopy and the installation of an illuminated screen above the entrance.
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The garage dominates the facade , although recent exceptions to this rule have emerged in scattered developments.
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There was no expression on his face, just the blank skin facade of hunger and tiredness.
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Unfortunately he has concealed them behind a flimsy facade of demagoguery.