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Recent Examples of beckon
John Towfighi, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
The final weeks of an orchestra’s season can feel like the end of school: Everyone’s worn down and summer is beckoning.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, New York Times, 19 May 2025
The siren song of northern Italy beckons to us all at some point, and the best hotels in Lake Como brilliantly capture the allure of the region.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 5 May 2025
As springtime sunshine finally hits New York City, the Met Gala beckons — one of the most anticipated and visible parties in the world.
—Staff and Wire Reports, Boston Herald, 5 May 2025
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Verb
Big Tech beckons the AI bulls Wall Street’s rally this week was also boosted by strong earnings results on Wednesday from Meta (META) and Microsoft (MSFT).
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
The final weeks of an orchestra’s season can feel like the end of school: Everyone’s worn down and summer is beckoning.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, New York Times, 19 May 2025
The siren song of northern Italy beckons to us all at some point, and the best hotels in Lake Como brilliantly capture the allure of the region.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 5 May 2025
As springtime sunshine finally hits New York City, the Met Gala beckons — one of the most anticipated and visible parties in the world.
—Staff and Wire Reports, Boston Herald, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beckon
Verb
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Democrats immediately motioned to adjourn, but the vote failed on party lines.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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Sean Diddy Combs, center, motions a heart sign to his family in attendance as he is escorted out of lock-up by US Marshals, on the first day of trial, Monday, May 12, 2025, in New York.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
12 May 2025
Noun
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The resulting waves would be on the order of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed more than 50,000 people.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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The incidents come as part of what The Internet & Television Association, an industry lobbying group, said was a wave of vandalism to network infrastructure across the country.—
Maddie Carr,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
Noun
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But the season’s shortest episode often plays like it could easily have been incorporated into its predecessor, and the final scene leaves a lot of unanswered questions that end the season with a collective shrug.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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But what shocked me is that three or four of my closest friends reacted with a shrug.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Charles’s address, written mostly by the Canadian government but peppered with his own flourishes, pointed to ambitious economic goals.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2025
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Through evocative visual flourishes that reflect a connection to Indigenous traditions, their household dynamic is observed with curiosity and compassion, yet always probing at the more peculiar ideologies at play in their interpersonal relationships.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Working for and being at the beck and call of one family requires an intricate balance that’s not always easy to strike.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
14 May 2025
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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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“Beckon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beckon. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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