gimmicked (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimmicked (up)
Adjective
  • Some scenes – particularly those in the jungle – feel overwrought in terms of CGI use.
    Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2025
  • In a music doc landscape pocked with overwrought hagiographies, The Makings of Curtis Mayfield does distinguish itself.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Just by advancing this peace plan for Gaza, Egypt has salvaged the Palestinian aspiration for statehood from Trump’s desire to conjure a showy real estate development deal.
    Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Matching the evening mood, the prose isn’t as showy as in previous Hollinghurst works.
    Sam Worley, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • No genre brings out the jubilant child among exuberant adults like pro wrestling, and Vegas’ Play Playground at the Luxor does just that.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • By running the music at length, though, and with only the gentlest of winks, Gomes all but instructs us to surrender to the exuberant earnestness and grandeur of the moment.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Princess Diana and then Prince Charles tied the knot in an extravagant ceremony on July 29, 1981.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Abbott Elementary is experiencing quite the shake up after Ava (Janelle James) was fired last week when the district uncovered that the school had been extorting the nearby golf course for extravagant resources.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • See the grandiose steps, ornate lampposts, art deco doors, unchanged from the days when a commissionaire was on guard to welcome the players into the Marble Halls.
    Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Interestingly, men in relationships with women high in grandiose narcissism reported lower satisfaction, as these women heightened their partners’ pressure to appear perfect.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • His colorful, flamboyant style is quintessentially Boricua.
    Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Over time, clothing choices in the workplace have become more flamboyant and corporate dress codes more relaxed, and for many companies, every workday is beginning to look like Casual Friday.
    Allen Kopelman, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Do that five or six times and then garnish with a celery stalk, and perhaps something ostentatious like a poached shrimp or a cheeseburger, and enjoy.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Of clothing: not showy, ostentatious, or overly revealing.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • All of the magnificent seven tech stocks are down today on the tariffs news.
    Ece Yildirim, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Adebayo was stupendous early; Herro was magnificent in the second half.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Gimmicked (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimmicked%20%28up%29. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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