attractiveness

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Recent Examples of attractiveness 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 The same actions that increase a business’s attractiveness to buyers also improve efficiency, strengthen profitability, reduce risk and create more freedom for the owner today. Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 The European Commission said the preloading of Gemini onto Android devices reduced the attractiveness of rival third-party models for the 60% of EU adults who use Android. Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 17 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 initiative aims to elevate horse racing's appeal to everyday sports fans by fostering rivalries and familiarity among top horses.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • As the one-time mini-mogul stews in the clink, an appeal is fast-tracking its way through the courts.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The archive features beauty products originating from the 17th century through the 2000s, with the most valuable item being a Max Factor lipstick belonging to Marilyn Monroe that Parsons secured in an online auction for more than $15,000.
    Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The Arizona native also gave fans a peek at her beauty routine, sharing a photo in which she was seen wearing yellow Rhode eye patches with her hair rolled up in curlers.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Venus enters Libra and your 1st House of Self, refreshing your confidence, charm, style, and personal magnetism.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Located in Lymington, The Cot is a small and cozy cottage with old-world charm.
    Katie Silcox, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • At the 2021 National Book Awards, the Library Science book club founder and her mom captured the cameras with their model looks.
    Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
  • This green and silver pair is calling my name for cool-girl fall looks.
    Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 8 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The neighborhood/area Hôtel Royal is just one of the shining attractions of Evian Resort.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
  • That said, together, the synergy of Venus and Pluto can make an attraction feel more compelling, or perhaps a conversation more intimate than usual.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Jules Dassin explored his previously unexamined fascination with the psychosexual.
    John Bleasdale, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The fascination persisted, though Burke often undercut it with humor and self-deprecation.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 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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“Attractiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attractiveness. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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