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- adjective
Attracting notice andattention .
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Examples
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Its no-nonsense, attention-grabbing which is to say, cannily marketed subtitle?
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SIMON HOUPT 2011
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And the attention-grabbing word news, from a prehistoric root meaning simply “now,” found its Global English stride in more terrestrial circumstances.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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And the attention-grabbing word news, from a prehistoric root meaning simply “now,” found its Global English stride in more terrestrial circumstances.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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People who aren't flashy and attention-grabbing aren't as popular.
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RockMelt is an attention-grabbing Web browser that continuously displays information from Facebook, Twitter and news feeds on the left and right edges of its browser window, as WSJ's Katherine Boehret reports.
A Social Web Browser Katherine Boehret 2011
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The others in Florida also made it ashore, despite their attention-grabbing attire of "bathing trunks and army forage caps."
Nazi Saboteurs' Spectacular Failure Detailed In Newly Released Spy Files 2011
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So, I guess that I see it this way: Any of the your proposed methods have the potential to work if they are attention-grabbing enough, but it is the manner of distribution that might be an issue.
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Tired of singing back-up for Toni, Tamar openly bemoans the lack of attention on her and her nonexistent solo career in the only attention-grabbing way she can: affixing domain names to the end of sentences.
Top Moments: Good Wife's Bad News and Office's New Boss 2011
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Taylor from the start had a rare intensity, sincerity, confidence and vulnerability, and she was blessed with that indefinable, attention-grabbing presence we call charisma.
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I'm talking about RockMelt , the latest attention-grabbing Web browser that continuously displays information from Facebook, Twitter and news feeds on the left and right edges of its browser window.
A Social Web Browser Katherine Boehret 2011
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