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hype

[hahyp] / haɪp /
NOUN
extensive publicity
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So there’s no hype in the columns, just an unvarnished look at the highs and lows of an experience.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

If a film can conjure a significant enough buzz, people will want to see it, no matter the reason for the hype.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

The aggressive investment products are tailored to pay out twice the profits of a single stock but also twice the losses, and have been criticised for exposing retail investors to market hype and volatility.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Governance complexity, lofty valuations and the gap between narrative and profitability are worth reading carefully before the road-show hype takes over.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

She was supposed to tell me if a line was off or hype me up when a verse was good.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Probably no company hypes the tech-boss-as-hero ethos as unapologetically as Palantir.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

Musk has 11 children and often hypes pro-natalist ideas.

From Salon Feb. 5, 2025

As well as singing, the songmaster decides when the song is sung - usually after special victories - and hypes up team-mates by recapping performances of individuals in the match.

From BBC Dec. 17, 2023

“We also wanted to create a community that’s full of positivity and hypes each other up! We want to get to know our actual fans,” Fat Joe added.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2023

Sails hypes the crowd up with a pregame speech that is straight of a wrestling promo.

From Washington Times Apr. 30, 2023

The player hyped up as golf’s next big thing for years had fully arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

A US review panel on Thursday recommended loosening restrictions on the much hyped peptide BPC-157, voting that specialized pharmacies be allowed to produce it despite alarm bells from medical experts over safety concerns.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

In response, Noboa has adopted a tough-on-crime approach and hyped his collaboration with the Trump administration in counter-narcotics on land and at sea.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

The 24-year-old tells BBC Newsbeat that screenings have been filled with "hyped" fans, some in cosplay.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

The papers hyped his seeming lapse of concentration.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

After my story ran, Davis emailed me and said he’d enjoyed the piece, which had a couple of lines about Davis’ tendency to go overboard hyping his projects.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

As it is, he’s spending his time hyping this deal as the conclusion of a narrative that casts him as a big hero.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

They said the focus likely will be on companies hyping AI businesses without having actual technology advantages, using overseas operations to skirt domestic regulations, or flouting Beijing’s orders against price wars.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

WSJ: How was it hyping Starbucks at the Coachella festival?

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 27, 2026

“Yeah, yeah, yeah—here we go, here we go,” he chants like he’s a rapper and moves around the stage hyping the crowd.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan




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