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sensationalizable en · ADJ

Etymology

From sensationalize + -able.

Meanings

1. (rare) That can be sensationalized.
   • ...the Soviet purchases once again became sensationalizable news. 1988, Ray A Goldberg, Research in domestic and international agribusiness management:
   • In any case, the broadsheets find enough sensationalizable material in politics and business for their own marketing purposes. 1998, Asad Latif, Walking the tightrope: press freedom and professional standards in Asia:
   • Granted that when presidential primary season sets in, the least abnormality, or the most sensationalizable normality, becomes the focus of the procrustean imperative. 1993, William Frank Buckley, Patricia B Bozell, Happy days were here again: reflections of a libertarian journalist:

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