as in desirability
the quality of being sexually attractive
The handsome singer had no shortage of sex appeal.
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Noun
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At the same time, post-Covid realities have tempered the automatic desirability of luxury.—
Yiling Pan,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026 -
The capsule — which drops exclusively at Palm Angels flagships as well as on the brand’s e-commerce site — marks one of the many direct-to-consumer activations planned to reignite brand desirability, Donnini said.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Lytvyn, the communications advisor, told CNN that Zelensky decided early on to make appeals for help directly to other nations, rather than just their leaders.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Add in its layered history and genuinely warm service, and the appeal becomes clear.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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The views through floor-to-ceiling windows are the main attraction, even in the lowest-category, low-floor Superior rooms.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Downtown Dot, a free shuttle service operated by the local transit authority, runs seven days a week and stops near hotels, restaurants and attractions in the city’s core.—
Adam Kuehl,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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As a brand that always incorporates its tried-and-true pieces as well as new looks into each collection, this is an opportunity for Wrangler to either introduce new consumers to our classic denim (like the Cowboy Cuts) or to get the more traditional Wrangler denim fans into our newer styles.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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His face remains an ever-changing canvas of knowing looks, shifting eyes, and sly smiles, and his comedic timing is sharp as ever.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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However, worries around a decline in attractiveness and fertility weren’t strongly linked with epigenetic aging.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
16 Feb. 2026
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The term is also multidimensional, embodying a range of qualities beyond wealth, like attractiveness, ambition, education/intelligence, professional success/achievement, and dating intention.—
Alexa Beck,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The clothes personified the luxurious ease and glamour of the season.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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On February 17, the catwalk star embraced full-octane glamour while giving a skintight black bra and leggings the private jet treatment in her latest photo dump.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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Links can be seen between the popularity of K-beauty – a sector estimated by research firm Mintel to be worth more than $90 billion – and the rise of Korean culture internationally.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The beauty of his images, amid unnatural constraints, isn’t a matter of style but of natural force.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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So one of the jobs that CFOs actually have is to keep people under control and not fall for the seductiveness of narrators, and not just go for convincing stories, but look at facts.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Sex appeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sex%20appeal. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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