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attractive opportunities
enticing opportunities
exciting opportunities
lucrative opportunities
impressive opportunities
interesting opportunities
attractive people
photogenic people
pretty people
gorgeous people
glamorous people
an attractive candidate
an appealing candidate
an impressive candidate
a talented candidate
a desirable candidate
a promising candidate
an attractive place
a picturesque place
a scenic place
a pretty place
a charming place
a beautiful place

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Recent Examples of attractive Defense is attractive as a growth sector, according to veteran investor David Roche, strategist at Quantum Strategy. Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 June 2025 And, in 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization, which, through various measures, helped make China an even more attractive place to do business. Foxconn — and China — proved to be an incredible partner for Apple. Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 17 June 2025 For starters, native plants are more attractive to pollinators, but they're also perfectly adapted to local growing conditions and will return year after year with minimal fuss. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2025 Showcasing this kind of innovation made the company more attractive to creative and tech-savvy talent. Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for attractive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attractive
Adjective
  • This debt burden, coupled with regulatory scrutiny in the U.K., renders an acquisition less appealing for U.S. supermajors who value financial flexibility.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • England and India will go head-to-head over the next six weeks without the cricketing royalty of James Anderson or Virat Kohli for the first time in two decades, but that does not make the five-Test series any less appealing.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Until then, the MIT Museum will remain a beautiful shell with very little inside.
    Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • In Brooklyn, there was a full house at the beautiful opera-house-like Roulette space.
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Kim was an incredibly kind, caring, charismatic and strong person.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
  • One of the things that’s very charismatic is madness.
    Andrew Goldman, Vulture, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • In 1923, the handsome thirty-one-year-old movie star Wallace Reid died from morphine and alcohol addiction.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
  • All the Hamrick brothers are handsome, though in slightly different ways, like dogs born in different litters to the same purebred parents.
    David Sedaris, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • To-be-weds can exchange vows in one of the islands’ hundreds of charming chapels or on cliffsides with views of the gorgeous blue Mediterranean.
    Shelby Wax, Vogue, 24 June 2025
  • She was born on February 1, 1971, to a large family and grew up in Guanajuato, whose historic center is a charming former silver mining town with colonial architecture and colorful, blocky houses stacked like Legos on the dramatic hillside.
    Rebecca Grant June 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Amazon is stocked with tons of cute coin purses that capture the kawaii aesthetic of Japanese street style.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2025
  • Pair this long-line padded sports bra crop tank with a pair of leggings for a cute athletic look.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • From the seductive hum of being needed by someone the world adored.
    Rob Shuter, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
  • Argentina’s Boca have a seductive madness about them, engendered by their colossal support.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Along with his lovely wife Joyce, Mr. Smith continued to be very active back in his home parish at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Aurora, even serving as interim principal of its school in 2003-2004.
    Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
  • The crook of land that frames Lewes to the east, Cape Henlopen, was first spotted by European eyes in 1609 by English explorer Henry Hudson and is now a lovely state park.
    Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025

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“Attractive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attractive. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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