gimmick
Example Sentences
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Not as a gimmick to please the King.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
A statement said: "Utterly destroying HG Wells' classic novel, director Rich Lee... chose a goofy gimmick, hack dialogue, and a particularly hilarious performance by its lead, Ice Cube, to seize 2025's biggest number of statues."
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The firms that treat prompting AI as something to become fluent in — not a gimmick or tertiary function — will win.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
"It's not just a gimmick, he buys into what the club means and what it means to the wider city," Swansea chief executive Tom Gorringe told BBC Wales.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
And, by an unforeseeable paradox, it was my career in the church that turned out, precisely, to be my gimmick.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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