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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Neither would ever take part in a publicity stunt.
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Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
This certainly was no publicity stunt by Cracker Barrel.
—Jess Collen, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
In an interview with GQ in 2017, Hiddleston denied that his relationship with Swift was a publicity stunt.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 22 Aug. 2025
Kruse and her co-conspirators are now on their fourth different set of lawyers in this dispute, and this is a disgusting publicity stunt by new counsel, as evidenced by the fact that the complaint and press release were sent to the press before the complaint was served.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
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Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
This certainly was no publicity stunt by Cracker Barrel.
—Jess Collen, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
In an interview with GQ in 2017, Hiddleston denied that his relationship with Swift was a publicity stunt.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 22 Aug. 2025
Kruse and her co-conspirators are now on their fourth different set of lawyers in this dispute, and this is a disgusting publicity stunt by new counsel, as evidenced by the fact that the complaint and press release were sent to the press before the complaint was served.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 13 Aug. 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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