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attention-getting

American  
[uh-ten-shuhn-get-ing] / əˈtɛn ʃənˌgɛt ɪŋ /

adjective

  1. conspicuously drawing attention to something or someone.

    an attention-getting device; attention-getting behavior.


Example Sentences

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Netflix expressed confidence in its momentum in the current quarter, citing attention-getting shows including the final season of "Stranger Things" and "The Diplomat."

From Barron's

It’s such a great term, attention-getting and alive.

From Salon

Newsom called a special legislative session — he loves ordering up these attention-getting “special” sessions— ”to safeguard California and fundamental rights in the face of an incoming Trump administration.”

From Los Angeles Times

Harris seems unlikely to give Newsom the attention-getting national surrogate role he enjoyed when Biden was running.

From Los Angeles Times

Unlike her predecessor, Newsom, who also was a former mayor of San Francisco, Kounalakis hasn’t made any attention-getting waves in her first elective office.

From Los Angeles Times