attractiveness

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Recent Examples of attractiveness Owners can enhance their business's attractiveness by packaging existing services into ongoing agreements, transforming it into a more predictable and transferable asset for sale. Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 The body-hugging jean aligns with the viral phenomenon centered on maximizing physical attractiveness through deliberate changes to appearance, grooming, fitness, style and medical procedures. Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 June 2026 By the time of The Social Reckoning, a website that was once used to rate the attractiveness of women has gone on to disrupt global politics on a frightening scale. Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026 Ryan Murphy and Matthew Hodgson’s satirical body horror saga about the production of a drug that increases physical attractiveness with deadly consequences takes place in the rarified worlds of high fashion in a world that’s somehow even more image obsessed than our own. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 8 June 2026 Savvy European governments and businesses should be able to find ways to support the domestic economic interests of Gulf countries, while also demonstrating the attractiveness of investment opportunities on their own continent. Dr. Robert Mogielnicki, semafor.com, 19 May 2026 Even seemingly benign alterations for aesthetic reasons are prohibited, such as removing the photojournalist’s own shadow or evidence of their camera equipment, removing an unsightly wire or fencepost, or airbrushing someone’s facial features to increase attractiveness. Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026 But despite his rugged defense, his injury history might limit his attractiveness to potential trade suitors. Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 May 2026 This illustrates how Leo could strengthen the attractiveness of AWS, which is already the company’s profit engine. Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attractiveness
Noun
  • Hacky sack’s revival is digital in its distribution and analog in its appeal.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • His public appeal came after Russia bombarded Kyiv with drones and missiles in another deadly attack at the start of the week.
    Tiago Ventura, Time, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • People are shopping for clothing and beauty products at a Zudio store in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, on April 4, 2024.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • First was an anti-aging and beauty-focused treatment that combined 20 minutes in a relaxingly warm red light bed with a Japanese Microbiome and Fermented Enzyme Facial.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Noun
  • Halloween fairy garden mini house decor to tuck into your outdoor garden for a low-effort, high-charm accent.
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026
  • The laziness of the old-fashioned suitcase switcheroo device is part of the movie’s charm.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • And some have responded by seizing the female obsession with looks, already rooted in misogyny, and rebranding it with maximum toxicity—in other words, by becoming looksmaxxers.
    Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
  • Smith’s few looks per game will likely be orchestrated, with orbit motions, screens and quick receptions on angle routes.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026
Noun
  • Yet until now there has not been a major film adaptation, which was part of the attraction.
    Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • As for the top cities, tried-and-true reign supreme with phenomenal attractions, superlative hotels, and electric dining scenes.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Noun
  • From this space emerges the witch, a symbol of collective female strength and a figure through whom fascination and fear continue to be explored.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 July 2026
  • Fans want to feel as close to the objects of their fascination as possible.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • That’s the seductiveness of the Reflecting Pool.
    Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026
  • Their easy, hedonic seductiveness emerges, too, via Yuskavage’s lush, rounded, fleshy brushstrokes (a different sort of stroke material, for the patriarchy or for anyone else), which render everything from boobs to bellies to nipples smooth and swollen, like a succulent fruit fixing to burst.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026

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