as in temptation
the act or pressure of giving in to a desire especially when ill-advised
the swift seduction of the home buyers into a bigger house than they could afford
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Recent Examples of seduction
The Hunting Wives, which is based off the bestselling book by May Cobb, follows Sophie O’Neil (Brittany Snow) who moves to East Texas and falls in with a group of socialites run by Margo Banks (Malin Akerman), leading her into a world of seduction and murder.
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Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
This sparks a dangerous battle of seduction, manipulation, and betrayal in the public and private spheres.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2025
Midway through, in a seduction scene that pays homage to the original, Anderson’s character looks out a window in Drebin’s apartment, admiring the lights of Los Angeles.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
There is also the seduction of turning any proto-insight into a commodity.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
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Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
This sparks a dangerous battle of seduction, manipulation, and betrayal in the public and private spheres.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2025
Midway through, in a seduction scene that pays homage to the original, Anderson’s character looks out a window in Drebin’s apartment, admiring the lights of Los Angeles.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
There is also the seduction of turning any proto-insight into a commodity.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seduction
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Royal blue, oxblood, and gold paint illuminated the creation of Adam and the temptation of Eve—the couple who give the place its name, the Crypt of the Original Sin—along with various apostles and archangels.—
Adam Erace,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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In environments where young people have few chances to recover from mistakes, those mistakes can be much more damaging, and the temptations can feel more overwhelming.—
Mark Mitchell,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The fragrant flowers in spring and summer lure pollinators like bees and butterflies.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2026
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This past year also was elevated by the success that the league’s TV partners had in harnessing the lure of live game coverage to drive larger corporate imperatives — namely, building up the streaming platforms that represent the future for the parent companies of NBC, CBS, ESPN/ABC and Fox.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Seduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seduction. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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