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eye-catching

British  

adjective

  1. tending to attract attention; striking

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In some sense she played a character called “Ma Rainey,” one who stunned with eye-catching beads and her dress and demeanor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Take the agency’s recent eye-catching adjustment to U.S. beef-export sales, which were slashed by over 90% from an originally reported weekly figure for late June, citing a reporting error.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

With so many eye-catching objects to behold, the watercolors and manuscripts, as refined as they are, can seem overshadowed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

But the most eye-catching announcement is a plan to invest £5bn in a radical "drone transformation" of the armed forces, including a "hybrid fleet" of both crewed and uncrewed vessels.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

The red lipstick and purple eye shadow that matches her muumuu somehow make her look regal, dazzling, eye-catching.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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