publicity stunt
noun
: something done just to get the attention of the public
Her antics on the show were just a publicity stunt.
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Hours earlier, his team was begging us & the Adams campaign to join their publicity stunt lawsuit against @ABC7.
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
Putnam liked that idea, and a wealthy benefactor, steel heiress Amy Phipps Guest, provided financial support for the feat—really more of a publicity stunt, since Putnam's plan, as always, was to publish a scintillating memoir of the journey.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
Harry’s critics accused the duke of pulling a publicity stunt with his quick trip to England to see his father for what turned out to only be a half-hour meeting.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Neither would ever take part in a publicity stunt.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
Putnam liked that idea, and a wealthy benefactor, steel heiress Amy Phipps Guest, provided financial support for the feat—really more of a publicity stunt, since Putnam's plan, as always, was to publish a scintillating memoir of the journey.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
Harry’s critics accused the duke of pulling a publicity stunt with his quick trip to England to see his father for what turned out to only be a half-hour meeting.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Neither would ever take part in a publicity stunt.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for publicity stunt
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“Publicity stunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/publicity%20stunt. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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