1
as in plea
an earnest request
made an appeal to the public to donate desperately needed blood
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2
as in attractiveness
the power of irresistible attraction
that hot new actress has a certain indescribable appeal
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as in to book
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Recent Examples of appeal
Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Maxwell’s efforts to appeal her conviction have been unsuccessful.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
That genderless appeal has only fueled the brand’s momentum, and this collaboration aims to push it even further.
—Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
With its angular frame and rattan detailing, this dresser has enough midcentury-modern charm to appeal to retro design lovers.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Maxwell’s efforts to appeal her conviction have been unsuccessful.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
The idea of clothes — especially expensive clothes — looking good on the wearer shouldn’t be a novel idea, yet recent years have seen some designers become fixated with expressing artistic creativity or generating shock value, rather than designing for wider appeal.
—Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
That genderless appeal has only fueled the brand’s momentum, and this collaboration aims to push it even further.
—Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appeal
Noun
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The Black Album, Drake’s Take Care, 2Pac’s All Eyez On Me, and, notably, Gunna’s DS4Ever, despite their public falling out following Gunna’s plea deal in the YSL RICO case.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Unlike most people facing these charges in Alabama’s 19th Circuit Court, this defendant was not offered a plea deal for a lesser charge.—
Amy Yurkanin,
ProPublica,
9 Oct. 2025
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Forced by competition and driven by profit Despite the warnings, the attractiveness of higher returns remains powerful, particularly for insurers and pension managers facing long-term liabilities.—
Ganesh Rao,Karen Tso,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2025
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Nevertheless, regardless of the potential attractiveness, investing in an individual stock entails significant risk.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Lammens was perhaps fortunate to escape sanction then (Stuart Atwell booked the forward for diving), but this was a valuable occasion ahead of tougher tests, beginning at Anfield.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Starks’ dream is to someday visit the Warren Occult Museum in Connecticut, which is closed to the public, but open to guests who book overnight stays at the home of late, famed ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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The previous day, Mamdani had been in Bay Ridge, Kensington, and Jamaica—home to large Muslim communities in Brooklyn and Queens—for Eid prayers, addressing some twenty-five thousand people.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) thanked the troopers for their bravery and asked for prayers for them and their families.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Just as demented and tense, but drunk on the confidence of youth and the arrogance to believe that talent and charm is enough.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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With its angular frame and rattan detailing, this dresser has enough midcentury-modern charm to appeal to retro design lovers.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The discharge petition under Massie, however, is a different story.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Oct. 2025
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Jones asked the Supreme Court to review the case in a petition for a filed last month.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Inspired by country music storytelling and artists like Taylor Swift, Laufey has long held a fascination with Music City.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
10 Oct. 2025
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Alarm bells For Hudroge, his fascination with this issue — and determination to do something — started at 10 o'clock one night in the summer of 2022.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Whereas criminal suspects in this past may have been incriminated by a Google query on, say, how to clean up bloodstains, a more comprehensive, detailed back-and-forth with a tool like ChatGPT gives investigators far more opportunities to prove intent and mindset, Lee explains.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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This felt, somehow, incriminating.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Appeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appeal. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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