gimmick
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Asked if the policy was a "potty gimmick", Swinney told BBC Radio Scotland: "No, it's about helping people who are really struggling in our society today."
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Not as a gimmick to please the King.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
But serious kudos to Kalshi for this marketing gimmick.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
“Just like ‘Avatar,’” Mabel notes, as if to emphasize that the gimmick isn’t exactly fresh.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Every business needed a gimmick, I suppose, and hers clearly worked if she could afford a pad like this.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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