gimmick

Example Sentences

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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

Perhaps the only gimmick is the 'rope-a-dope' mind games.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 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

The idea at the research lab in Workingham was something of a gimmick, a “media event” designed to show some of the emerging research.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel