gimmick
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Sometimes they took their name with them; other times they molded themselves to whatever gimmick their new promoter needed on the roster.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
The back-to-back best director Oscar winner of “Birdman” and “The Revenant” has always loved a showy gimmick, but here he puts his influences on bold display.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Ms. Singer calls it a gimmick, noting that “many kids were clicking, dragging and dropping—essentially stacking or compiling—prewritten coding blocks, without writing out the computer code itself.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
“I thought Infinity Vision was going to be a rebrand of premium theaters as a marketing gimmick since Disney can’t have any Imax screens,” Haeffele said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
A gimmick or, in today’s parlance, a “branding.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Financial planners will typically advise customers to keep their finances simple, which would usually include avoiding wasting time on gimmicks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
In other words, for now Caniacs are safe in their chicken-finger fiefdom, free from gimmicks in their food—save those for the DJ booth.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
“They’re gimmicks, and the Supreme Court is not usually impressed by gimmicks.”
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
This Italy team won't need any such gimmicks.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
“I’m gonna fix you up with a new route and give you another chance. I got some merchandising gimmicks maybe help you out.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing gimmick
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney
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