gimmicky

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They’re gimmicky funds that use options contracts to milk huge income payouts—sometimes marketed as exceeding a 100% annual rate—from stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Ellen Jenkins from food and drink consultancy HRA Global draws a comparison between the appearance of the drinks and "gimmicky bubble tea or the bright vapes".

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

“When I sat down with Matthew, I thought, ‘Oh, God, is this a gimmicky thing of getting family members?’” says Fiennes in a separate interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

The film was shot on souped-up iPhones, which would initially seem gimmicky if Boyle hadn’t shot parts of the “28 Days Later” on handheld digital video camcorders.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2025

All the cubist stuff was gimmicky, as far as she was concerned.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls