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A disgruntled Mr. Reasoner privately dismissed her hiring as a gimmick.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/business/media/barbara-walters-dead.html
Ali got a rare won in his hometown while attempting to get his new gimmick over.
Although the version-exclusive content in originally began with some Pokemon being restricted to one version or the other, the gimmick quickly expanded.
Source: https://gamerant.com/pokemon-scarlet-violet-version-exclusives-professor-sada-turo/
Bidirectional charging can be anything from a neat gimmick to a lifesaving bandage that covers fatal flaws in our country’s infrastructure, but GM’s plan to implement it across its electrified lineup is a net benefit.
Source: https://jalopnik.com/gm-is-adding-bidirectional-charging-to-every-ultium-ev-1850717962
By making it the subject of her novel, Yi transforms an embarrassing gimmick into a philosophical claim, about the way people go through life alone together, each experiencing reality as that which happens strictly to them.
Dark Souls 3's Deacons of the Deep utilizes a familiar FromSoftware boss gimmick, one that Dark Souls 2 used heavily but DS3 perfected.
Source: https://gamerant.com/fromsoftware-boss-gimmicks-dark-souls-3-deacons-deep-ensemble-mob/
Every entry improves on what came before and features a unique gimmick, such as the ability to predict and prevent devastating attacks or collect randomized living weapons.
Source: https://www.slashgear.com/1175234/the-best-nintendo-switch-rpgs/
Gimmick storytelling was the name of the game in the Superman titles during that fabled decade, so it was decided that the next gimmick would be changing Superman's powers entirely.
Source: https://www.cbr.com/superman-comics-worst-lasting-mistakes/
Guerrero’s ties to the Mysterio family led many to believe that Dominik’s WrestleMania entrance would incorporate Eddie’s famous lowrider gimmick.
He said that previously, audiences weren’t informed about a film’s financial success to encourage them to watch it, but that trend changed after this marketing gimmick came into play.
In all the new Pokémon added, this gimmick returns, but with a twist on top of that twist -- the addition of Convergent Pokémon.
Source: https://www.cbr.com/pokemon-scarlet-violet-convergent-species-potential/
In gameplay terms the game’s big gimmick is that you control both characters simultaneously, much like the original version of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.
It has all the charm and humor you’d expect from the Muppets, playfully riffing on the movie’s 3D gimmick while also getting the most out of it.
Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/travel/the-10-best-attractions-at-disneys-hollywood-studi/
Later on, the modern perception of gift-giving on Christmas began to form as it became a marketing gimmick, with retail outlets taking this custom and making it a way to generate revenue.
Source: https://thelinfieldreview.com/33604/arts/a-look-into-the-history-of-commercial-christmas/
Maine should retire a gimmick that only makes forming a state budget more difficult.
Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/04/13/douglas-rooks-budgeting-the-majority-way-like-everyone-else/
Nobody ever went wrong with talking babies, but that said, talking babies is a pretty tired gimmick.
Source: https://www.9news.com.au/world/super-bowl-adverts-2023-rated/debfb9f6-0c48-4368-ba02-fb016e5782f1
Professor Solow’s strategy — his gimmick, he liked to say — was to pick out one thing of special interest and simplify the role of everything else.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/business/robert-solow-dead.html
Rickey Shane Page and 1 Called Manders will battle in a classic gimmick match at MLW Slaughterhouse.
Source: https://411mania.com/wrestling/spin-wheel-make-deal-match-mlw-slaughterhouse/
Sales alone aren’t a marker for quality, but it’s worth noting that as the best-selling tactical RPG ever without any multi-copy gimmick required, and did so because it was, deservingly, a sensation.
Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/best-fire-emblem-games/
The deportation scheme - which has already seen the Government hand £240million to Rwanda - has been dismissed as a "gimmick" by critics and split the Conservatives.
Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/top-tory-hits-back-after-31652601