sensationalize

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sensationalize

verb sensationalizes · sensationalizing · sensationalized · sensationalise

British, English, Oxford, US To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation.

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Español	sensacionalizar
中文	引起轟動 /引起轰动 yǐnqǐ hōngdòng, 炒作 chǎozuò
Français	sensationnaliser
Deutsch	aufbauschen, dick auftragen, dramatisieren, hochspielen, übertreiben
Русский	де́лать сенса́цию délatʹ sensáciju, сенсационализи́ровать sensacionalizírovatʹ

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@misc{sensationalize_2026,
  title = {sensationalize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sensationalize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}