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sensationalistic



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Celebrities are offered an opportunity to promote their upcoming projects in a sensationalistic yet humanistic and, oftentimes, meme-worthy manner.

From Salon Apr. 6, 2025

Benedict has constructed a sort of sports opera fueled by the drama and emotion surrounding his subject, but never sensationalistic or unfair.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 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

How far Science has moved away from crude sensationalistic empiricism may be estimated by a comparison of the successive editions of the Grammar of Science.

From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various




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