gimmick
Example Sentences
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The success of that trick, a last-minute pivot, was emblematic of the whole project: What could have been a gimmick actually produced a sophisticated and affecting piece of theater.
She admits she’s fallen for tech hype before, calling the NFT craze of the early 2020s “a gimmick and a joke.”
Some have dismissed the tour as a superficial gimmick - with the streams only benefitting himself.
From BBC
Given the choice between making money from genuine usefulness or gimmicks, most new ones resort to the latter.
These unsavory gimmicks do nothing but provide more encouragement to reduce art into something fun to post about online.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
