as in tempting
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as in luring
to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage
every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet
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Recent Examples of enticing
Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
More enticing are the songs angling to eke out an insistent literary voice and an impactful but playful sonic imprint.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 6 June 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
The offers have been enticing enough to compel at least half of Solaris owners to sell over the past two years, according to property records.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The 36-year-old is one of the best players ever to grace the basketball court, and the Heat is one of the few teams that could offer an enticing offer for the two-time champion.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
More enticing are the songs angling to eke out an insistent literary voice and an impactful but playful sonic imprint.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 6 June 2025
Verb
The doc also pays close attention to a tipping-point moment that occurred in Murphy, Texas, in 2006, when one of the fake-boys was enticing a predator to come to their house.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
The offers have been enticing enough to compel at least half of Solaris owners to sell over the past two years, according to property records.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enticing
Adjective
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Keep reading to find out who else is starring in Perfect Match season 3. Alex Zamora first stirred things up as one of the tempting singles on Netflix's debut season of the long-running Temptation Island.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
26 June 2025
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But mountain mint is a North American native that behaves much more politely in gardens and is every bit as tempting to beneficial insects as standard mint.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2025
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The promise of a $225,000 starting salary at a top corporate law firm is luring many, making the financial burden of law school seem more justifiable.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Ewen says the task for Southwest will be striking a balance between luring new customers, which could potentially improve financials, and keeping existing customers happy.—
Dallas Morning News,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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The question that hangs over this fascinating and tantalizing film is how much the director, Matt Wolf, will get out of Reubens.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Many of us have been waiting for de Armas to sink her teeth into a substantial action role since her brief but tantalizing appearance as Cuban CIA agent Paloma in No Time to Die.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
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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
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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
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The agency has sued companies for persuading veterans to sell their pension and disability payments, for charging military families more than thirty-six per cent interest on pawn loans, and for misleading servicemembers to take costly cash-out refinance loans on their homes.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Bears don’t appear to be having much trouble persuading offensive players to come to Chicago after hiring Johnson, the former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For many players, the prospect of a Club World Cup at the end of a grueling season is not alluring.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Mario Tama / Getty Images This rallying cry is alluring for many of the 4 million Iranian exiles and expats worldwide, just under a third of whom live in the U.S., according to Iranian Foreign Ministry statistics from 2021.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
25 June 2025
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“Enticing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enticing. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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