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artifice, device, dodge, fetch, flimflam, gambit, jig, juggle, knack, play, ploy, ruse, scheme, shenanigan, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile
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The proposal to cut taxes was just an election gimmick to win votes. that free magazine subscription they offer is just a sales gimmick to get you to buy their productRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Instead, attendance is down across the country and schools are turning to game-day gimmicks like allowing alcohol to be sold inside campus stadiums. — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, "College football is broken, but there’s a fix," 20 Aug. 2019 Skeptics will likely see the announcement by the country’s leading corporate executives as a public relations gimmick that will do little to change the way American corporations are managed. — Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, "Top CEOs are reclaiming legitimacy by advancing a vision of what’s good for America," 19 Aug. 2019 Azar used to be a skeptic of importation, and was once quoted dismissing it as a gimmick. — Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Twin Cities, "US to set up plan allowing prescription meds from Canada," 31 July 2019 Azar used to be a skeptic of importation, and was once quoted dismissing it as a gimmick. — Author: Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Anchorage Daily News, "US to set up plan allowing prescription meds from Canada," 31 July 2019 Azar used to be a skeptic of importation, and was once quoted dismissing it as a gimmick. — Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, The Denver Post, "U.S. sets up first-ever plan allowing prescription drugs from Canada," 31 July 2019 The gimmick in this case is that TankLimo is actually two FV432s, cut apart and then welded together, adding five feet to the passenger compartment. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Take a Ride in This Tank Limo for Just $2,000 a Day," 30 July 2019 The box-and-one – a gimmick in the NBA – actually worked. — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, "Raptors coach Nick Nurse explains team using gimmicky box-and-one defense vs. Warriors," 5 June 2019 Whether that means deluxe booze and food, comfy seating or gimmicks like bringing back richly textured celluloid prints — which used to be standard in the now all-digital projection realm — exhibitors are game to try nearly anything. — John Wenzel, The Denver Post, "Denver-area movie theaters are thriving as the rest of the nation sees a downturn," 22 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gimmick.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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