entertainment value

noun

: the ability to be entertaining
Few sports have greater entertainment value than figure skating.

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For payers and providers, that evidentiary base is the difference between entertainment value and clinical credibility. Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025 Reggie mutters pathetically, but what Dowd’s script acutely understands that anyone with authority over them — from their penny-pinching manager to the fans whose loyalty heavily depends on either the Chiefs record or their entertainment value — sees them as nothing more than cattle. Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025 Pichyangkul emphasized the economic potential of Thai content beyond entertainment value. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025 Like other moments in the eight installments, it is left to the viewer to decide how effectively the docu-series walks the line between civic-minded investigative journalism designed to hold power to account and the sensationalization of tragedy for entertainment value. Kayti Burt, Time, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for entertainment value

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“Entertainment value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entertainment%20value. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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