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The Phrase For The Day is: lip service.
Definition of lip service: an avowal of advocacy, adherence, or allegiance expressed in words but not backed by deeds —usually used with pay
Examples of lip service in a Sentence
She paid lip service to blue-collar workers, but she did nothing to help them.
So far all we've gotten from him is lip service.
Recent Examples on the Web
That would be unsurprising if corporations had not been paying lip service to their sense of social responsibility in recent years. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2022
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lip%20service
Examples of lip service in a Sentence
She paid lip service to blue-collar workers, but she did nothing to help them.
So far all we've gotten from him is lip service.
Recent Examples on the Web
That would be unsurprising if corporations had not been paying lip service to their sense of social responsibility in recent years. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2022
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lip%20service
Useful when discussing Uglicans who are ostensibly, even volubly, outraged by LMcL's behavior, but not enough to prevent them from pursuing virtually identical agendas.
