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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimmicky
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What started as a practical swap in immigrant communities became a beloved holiday meal—one that still brings people together, even as its form continues to change.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025 -
Here's some step-by-step, practical advice about how to keep your toaster oven clean— and advice on how to clean it when all seems lost.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
16 Mar. 2025
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Trump sees tariffs as a useful tool of American economic power.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Although still useful, these methods are becoming increasingly insufficient in today's complex data environment.—
Asaf Kochan,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter reveals that WWE's original plans involved a feud between McIntyre and Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes after WrestleMania.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Purple One also created the original song score for director Tim Burton’s Batman in 1989.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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This is one of the reasons why tuberculosis used to be a narratively convenient disease, a disease that was the subject of so many books.—
Dylan Scott,
Vox,
19 Mar. 2025
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Stuck to convenient methods and won’t try anything new?—
Oleg Sadikov,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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In Shanghai, China, at No. 8, thousands of years of food history have been perfected in today’s adventurous culinary scene.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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One cat’s adventurous life forced some of the city’s top officials, including the police chief and several running for office in next month’s elections, to leave City Hall and talk solutions Wednesday on the streets where Carrot once roamed.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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Many of them rely on novel legal theories about presidential power that go against longstanding judicial precedent or have never been tested in court.—
Graham Underwood,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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Such discoveries have raised cautious optimism among scientists seeking novel solutions to antibiotic-resistant bacteria—one of medicine's most pressing crises.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Some innovative companies are encouraging a turnaround for employees to mix vacations with business, because the blended vacation trend is a retention perk, work stress reducer and production motivator.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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He probably is best described as a pragmatic progressive, given his decision to compromise on the stadium and also his support for Evanston’s innovative approach to the question of reparations for its Black residents.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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Some of his songs included a subtly subversive degree of dissonance, along with unexpected melodic and rhythmic turns, an ingenious use of texture and counterpoint, and instrumental combinations more commonly heard in chamber-music ensembles or jazz groups.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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One ingenious dish featured a tomato that had been dehydrated, then rehydrated in concentrated tomato water—the tomato deepened by more of itself.—
Coke Bartrina,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Gimmicky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimmicky. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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