sensational

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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has returned home to what has officially been described as a sensational welcome.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to sensation.
  2. adjective Arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction, especially by exaggerated or lurid details: sensational journalism; a sensational television report.
  3. adjective Outstanding; spectacular: a sensational concert; a sensational dinner.

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  • Horrors of epic scale have now become little more than opportunities for 30-second voyeurism, and with tsunamis, genocides and executions pressing themselves on our attention with the regularity of sneezes or snack breaks, the sensational has been reduced to the mundane. —  Stories from The Sun
  • The Aberdeen Angus steaks (£32 to £44) are truly sensational, the (best ever?) chips (£4) must have been cooked in beef dripping and the homemade onion rings (£4) were light and crispy. —  The Daily Record - Home
  • Although he attempted to make it sensational, the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad came as no surprise. —  Al-Ahram Weekly Online
  • It isn't that the contents of Torre's book are so sensational -- or, to be sure, damaging in the first place. —  MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
  • Eric Underwood's High Brahmin was sensational, and Liam Scarlet chucked himself nicely around as the head Fakir. —  Evening Standard - Home
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/sɛnˈseɪʃənəl/
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