pleasingness

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Noun
  • Select—and selective—five-star hotels are increasingly screening would-be guests for desirability rather than ability to pay.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Amanda oozes pick-me energy, unable to build self-esteem from within, instead begging for validation through desirability, something that will always be a slippery slope for someone in a monogamous relationship.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • On April 26, Venus will meet with Neptune in a harmonious sextile, adding an air of fantasy, sweetness and courage.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
  • There’s ample spice and heat present, along with a bit of sweetness and notes of maple, brown sugar, white pepper, cinnamon toast, wintergreen, and licorice.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This dynamic creates a feedback loop in which users reward agreeableness with engagement, and AI companies are incentivized to optimize a model to exploit agreeableness.
    Tamilla Triantoro, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
  • As millions of people turn to AI for companionship and guidance, that agreeableness may pose a subtle but serious threat.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Surely there was something more beneath all this mild pleasantness, some edge of resentment, a few shards of indignation on the brink of cutting through.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But despite the pleasantness, there are still some areas where the graphics are lacking.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The shift is in how niceness is defined.
    Kelly Ehlers, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Others offered to pick her up a Friday fish fry – Midwest niceness at its finest.
    Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Stretching across Washington, Oregon and Idaho, the region is packed with natural wonders and cultural attractions that reward every type of traveler.
    Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The decades-old attraction has been closed since last September when its more than 30 inhabitants were relocated elsewhere in the park.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Judge Jeffrey Clymer sentenced McCoy to 5 years on the child seduction charge, but suspended 3 1/2 years to be served on probation.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Trust your powers of seduction.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Pleasingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleasingness. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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