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Meaning of cream puff piece | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A positive article or review that is largely based on opinion.

informal

Examples

“In some cases, that was true; they thought I was just another beauty or fashion editor who would do a cream-puff piece about their products .”
This week includes criticism of our story on Laura Bush as a "cream puff piece" and praise for the new invention we featured which turns off other peoples' televisions, called TV-B-Gone.”
While he was a player with the Florida Marlins a writer did a “cream puff piece” on him where Renteria told him his family calls him Ricky instead of Rich.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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