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Recent Examples of beckon
Eric Wilson, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
His father beckons to a life of faith, but his cousins Smoke and Stack (twin Michaels B. Jordan) have returned from a Capone operation looking to launder money and recruit the young performer for their juke joint’s band.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
The defense industry beckons With the completion of his doctoral thesis, Samueli joined a friend as a member of the technical staff at TRW, in Redondo Beach, Calif.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025
Now Apple iPhone 17 Pro And iPhone 17 Pro Max: Latest Leaks Promise New Designs
But ultimately her passion for creating beckoned in a big way.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Verb
After a tumultuous few years, Colombo, Sri Lanka’s largest city, is once again beckoning tourists.
—Eric Wilson, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
His father beckons to a life of faith, but his cousins Smoke and Stack (twin Michaels B. Jordan) have returned from a Capone operation looking to launder money and recruit the young performer for their juke joint’s band.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
The defense industry beckons With the completion of his doctoral thesis, Samueli joined a friend as a member of the technical staff at TRW, in Redondo Beach, Calif.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025
Now Apple iPhone 17 Pro And iPhone 17 Pro Max: Latest Leaks Promise New Designs
But ultimately her passion for creating beckoned in a big way.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beckon
Verb
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The Colorado Buffaloes head coach raised his hand and motioned in the air before taking a sip of his water bottle in the clip, shared by uStadium on X. After Shedeur's draft party, Deion posted a video of his son addressing guests with a humble message.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Fuhrer voted against accepting the report and motioned to rescind the resolution supervisors approved in December, which censured Fuhrer and came with a suite of actions, including blocking him from becoming board chair.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Among much else, the trees shelter marine life, capture carbon from the atmosphere and buffer coastlines from powerful waves.—
Avery Schuyler Nunn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, in New York City, Blake Lively waves to the cameras, and Joe Jonas sits for a radio interview.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Many Americans don’t take Trump’s threats to Canada seriously—or seriously enough—and dismiss them with the same exhausted shrug that too many of Trump’s words inspire.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
1 May 2025
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Throughout baseball history, such collisions have been met mostly with grimaces and shrugs.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Wartime Legend Of The Golden Train The name ‘Golden Train’ is not just a poetic flourish.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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In addition to all the visual and gameplay flourishes added in Oblivion Remastered, there's also been a lot of attention to the audio of Cyrodiil, with the addition of a host of new voice actors.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Maurice is the prince of our household and has us at his beck and call.—
Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2025
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But Optimus, who in the video seems more than happy to be at his mistress’s beck and call, appears less subservient in a series of pictures in which Kardashian, wearing spike heels and lingerie, poses beside him and a gold Tesla Cybercab.—
Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
21 Dec. 2024
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“Beckon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beckon. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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