sensationalistic
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This sports documentary series often veers toward sensationalistic or at least hyperbolic stories, but this episode largely avoids that trap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
He called Greene's action "deliberately provocative and sensationalistic and voyeuristic," adding that he hopes to speak to committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., "about this as an assault to the dignity of the committee."
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2023
“The big publications used to only cover crypto in a sensationalistic way, when it was booming or crashing, and now they’re finally building out crypto coverage arms,” he mentioned.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2023
Certain local broadcast media continuously bombard us with sensationalistic, reductionist crime narratives.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
Of course, not all empiricism prior to Hume and Kant was sensationalistic, pulverizing "experience" into isolated sensory qualities or simple ideas.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
