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gimmick

[gim-ik] / ˈgɪm ɪk /


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Before its release in 1995, critics did not expect much from the original film, which was seen as a children's movie with the added gimmick of being the first ever entirely computer-animated film.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Nevertheless, do the investors in the purchasing fund realize that its returns are artificially boosted by an accounting gimmick instead of investing expertise?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Kirby once dismissed live TV on planes as a gimmick, then he saw how they changed the flight experience at JetBlue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Not as a gimmick to please the King.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

The idea at the research lab in Workingham was something of a gimmick, a “media event” designed to show some of the emerging research.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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