attractiveness

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Recent Examples of attractiveness The stakes are high, with victory on the track bringing in prize money and enhancing the team’s attractiveness to sponsors like Petronas and Microsoft. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026 But these concerns do not eliminate bitcoin's attractiveness in a fiscally dominant macroenvironment. Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The judging criteria balanced overall attractiveness and legibility for law enforcement. Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 The list compiled 300 cities of varying sizes across 22 factors of market attractiveness, affordability and quality of life. Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026 As popularized by streamer Clavicular, the movement approaches attractiveness like an engineering problem. Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026 Kennedy’s account went viral the following year thanks to a clip that questioned the attractiveness of Henry the VIII’s fourth wife Anne Cleves and has more than 3 million views on TikTok. Shannon Carlin, Time, 14 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attractiveness
Noun
  • This week, during the same appeal hearing, prosecutors are mounting a separate argument that her prison sentence of 33 years with no parole isn’t long enough.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Powells, who have spent years returning to Sandals resorts, understand that appeal.
    Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • This paradox—a longing for beauty to be distributed equally, even though it cannot be diluted for ease of distribution, and might even require rarity—is why the period continues to fascinate me.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The Birth of Products for Black Hair From its inception around the turn of the 20th century, commercial Black hair care has been a response to the lack of options on mainstream beauty shelves.
    Ava Welsing-Kitcher, Allure, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Mengi The longest independent music venue in the city, this spot can house 50-ish people on a packed day, and that’s precisely its charm.
    Erika Owen, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Viewers well versed in the ways of romantic fiction won’t be that surprised by how this little pas de quatre works out as Emile dithers and deliberates over each woman’s charms.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Her looks are characterized by a natural, relaxed elegance, featuring flowing dresses, lightweight fabrics, and details reminiscent of 1970s fashion.
    Laura Tortora, Glamour, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Cobalt blue is back in electric form, worn in monochromatic looks or styled with neutrals; Givenchy paired it with navy and Jil Sander with gray.
    Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Travelers looking for an in-state getaway can also book vacation packages from Denver that combine the train with hotel stays and attractions in Glenwood Springs.
    Jocelyn Rowley, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Continue reading … THROWBACK THRILLS — Disneyland fans beg for return of beloved '60s attraction that shuttered years ago.
    , FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Stapley’s own fascination with the art of the con began after her mother was conned out of her life savings.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Show creator Quinn Shephard told Netflix’s Tudum that her love for Y2K teen movies and erotic thrillers like Carrie, Jennifer’s Body and Heavenly Creatures, as well as her fascination with the Salem witch trials, inspired her to write The Body.
    Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 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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