as in cajolery
a nice thing that someone says or does to persuade another to do something
He finally succumbed to his children's blandishments and allowed them to stay up past their bedtime.
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Recent Examples of blandishment
The fateful lane change arose out of one mayor’s resistance to such blandishments.
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Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 7 May 2020
Her 2014 autobiography, A Fighting Chance, and recent stump speeches are festooned in pep club spirit and folksy blandishments, cloying bits of business that have attached themselves to her life story.
—Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2020
The region’s main powers, Australia and New Zealand, fear the creation of a mendicant state on their doorsteps, susceptible, in particular, to Chinese bribes and blandishments.
—The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
Having failed to win the Japanese around with blandishments, an increasingly desperate-looking Senard has reached for the stick.
—Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
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Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 7 May 2020
Her 2014 autobiography, A Fighting Chance, and recent stump speeches are festooned in pep club spirit and folksy blandishments, cloying bits of business that have attached themselves to her life story.
—Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2020
The region’s main powers, Australia and New Zealand, fear the creation of a mendicant state on their doorsteps, susceptible, in particular, to Chinese bribes and blandishments.
—The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
Having failed to win the Japanese around with blandishments, an increasingly desperate-looking Senard has reached for the stick.
—Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blandishment
Noun
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Just as demented and tense, but drunk on the confidence of youth and the arrogance to believe that talent and charm is enough.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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With its angular frame and rattan detailing, this dresser has enough midcentury-modern charm to appeal to retro design lovers.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
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Alexander was still editing the documentary when Osbourne died, but continued at the urging of the family.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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In 2022, Grant was a key signing at the urging of buddy Damian Lillard.—
Jason Quick,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The fact that an artist will do so in a language that has become a global musical unifier is truly the highest form of flattery.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
8 Oct. 2025
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Bunnie isn't a fan of the sudden flattery about his looks following the weight loss.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Chelsea toil at Twente Sonia Bompastor’s post-match entreaty to Chelsea at Twente concerned desire — specifically the need for her side to find more of it following their 1-1 draw.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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But the Pennsylvania senator has steadfastly declined entreaties to leave the Democratic Party.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
29 Sep. 2025
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Checkers can see your shortcuts, your reportorial wheedling, your blind spots.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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However, the pavilion’s visitors rarely complied with this on-screen exhortation, leaving the nearby microphones unused.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, there were few exhortations from the roster of speakers at Kirk’s memorial to reduce the temperature in American politics or show more tolerance for all sides, right, left and center.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
23 Sep. 2025
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If last season at Tom Ford was about seduction, spring-summer 2026 is about desire.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
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There is agency at work in this seduction—not his, not mine, but theirs.—
Gary Greenberg,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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Elementary school students are brought to the Stranahan House to learn about pioneer life, ring the old ferry bell, make butter, play with pioneer-style toys and go on scavenger hunts.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Harris Teeter, based in North Carolina, initiated a voluntary recall of its Cinnamon Texas Toast and Asiago Texas Toast on September 11 after discovering that cheese and butter - which contain milk - were not listed as ingredients.—
News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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