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Recent Examples of temptation Is there a temptation to restore Murillo? Paul Taylor, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 It is made up of Marcus Aurelius’s advice to himself, produced perhaps as an antidote to being constantly surrounded by and subjected to the temptation and corruption of life as Emperor. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025 Maybe a friend’s joke hits a little differently or someone in your circle suddenly feels less platonic and more like temptation. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 Beware shortcuts and the temptation to cheat Some grads are already taking AI to bold new places, like using it during job interviews. Brandon Griffin, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for temptation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temptation
Noun
  • Blazy divided his show into three chapters, and this first, called Le Paradoxe, brings power and seduction into conjunction.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Basically, to find this seduction.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Verna insists the souls of the dead live within the alien ship, but Mitsuki resists the lure.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Have a walking-style top-water lure ready for bass schooling on the surface chasing shad.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But Mehta said showing consumers a higher quantity of ads and incentives doesn’t mean as much as connecting with the consumer in a meaningful way.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County combined are offering the company about $80,000 in tax incentives.
    Brian Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Temptation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temptation. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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