1
as in to entice
to attract or delight as if by magic
for years the zoo's family of giant pandas have fascinated visitors
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as in to enchant
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
I can gaze at the sea for hours, fascinated by the never-ending waves crashing upon the shore
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as in to interest
to hold the attention of
the subject of artificial intelligence fascinates me
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Recent Examples of fascinate
But macroscopic biology particularly fascinates me.
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Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2025
More than 60 years later, what still fascinates people about you and Bob?
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
Mendler was fascinated with it—Twitter in particular—and its role as the new public square.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
There is something magical about a firefly that fascinates young and old alike.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 June 2025
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Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2025
More than 60 years later, what still fascinates people about you and Bob?
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
Mendler was fascinated with it—Twitter in particular—and its role as the new public square.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
There is something magical about a firefly that fascinates young and old alike.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fascinate
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Each tune has its own momentum, with several of them enticing audiences and exciting them for his sophomore album American Heart, which arrives tomorrow (Friday, June 20).—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Netflix may entice its subscribers to chill, but the global streamer is working on new offerings and deals to future-proof its content lineup and business.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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The screenplay loses its way at the end but kids and adults will be enchanted by the inventive, eccentric characters and the rich animation.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
27 June 2025
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No longer interested in enchanting us, the filmmaker puts his audience through the wringer, and his kick-ass mentality is well-served by star Tom Cruise, who lives for these sorts of full-throttle roles.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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What interested him most was why his captors had resorted to kidnapping him and his father in the first place.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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For now, the editorial line of the streamers in France doesn’t interest me.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
12 June 2025
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The sequel has plenty of the same horror-comedy elements that delighted audiences a couple years ago, but there’s also a major action upgrade that resembles the paths that Aliens and Terminator 2: Judgment Day took from their predecessors.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2025
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The combination of microservices with edge computing CDNs and micro frontends creates a robust application development framework that enables fast, resilient and scalable applications that delight users while driving business expansion.—
Raju Dandigam,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Social media responds to Red Lobster seafood boils Social media users appear to be thrilled with the concept of seafood boils at Red Lobster.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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Those people scanning the beach with metal detectors, hoping for a lucky find, might not be thrilled about what's next.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 June 2025
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Hall also got into bits and pieces of 19 games with the Nuggets, totaling just 114 minutes, but his G League sample is the part that intrigues.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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What intrigued you about those existential questions at play here?—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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Workers spent three hours on the 1.3-mile move from Shady Brook Drive to 619 S. Church St. People lined the sidewalks, captivated by the sight of the historic home being carefully transported.—
Paris Goodman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 2025
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That’s the same place The Weeknd played on his last trek through town, captivating 50,000-plus fans with his first-ever stadium headlining jaunt — dubbed the After Hours Tour — back in August 2022.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
24 June 2025
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For me thrillers, especially when tinged with horror, are a support structure, to construct stories which are gripping, and which gives you the chance to talk about personal and emotional conflicts which really drive the story, and not just those of the three protagonists.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 June 2025
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These rare tapes reveal unnerving insights into his psyche, shedding light on the intricate details of the case and the pervasive fear that gripped the city.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
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“Fascinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fascinate. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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