as in ruses
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
had to use all of her wiles to convince her guests to stay for dinner
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as in charms
to attract or delight as if by magic
her stories of the Old South could wile anyone
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Recent Examples of wiles
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
Seeing Laura’s discomfort with her, Cherry employs her feminine wiles to cause a fracture in Laura and Daniel’s connection.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiles
Noun
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Many suspect a spam call and don't pick up the phone, leading foundation staff to sometimes devise ruses.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Episode 4 finds both Ellen and Julia throwing themselves headlong into plans that require them to keep up major ruses.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Although there may not be snow on the ground, the area still charms with its alpine vistas, green meadows, and waterfalls, such as Staubbach Falls, the third highest waterfall in Switzerland.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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As the seasons go on, Barbra charms her way from Reba's biggest annoyance to being her best friend.—
Eric King,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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It is developed in multiple phases and is part of larger solar-hydro complementary schemes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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And GMs voted Spoelstra third in the category of which coach runs the NBA’s best defensive schemes.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Eve Lu,
Scientific American,
8 Oct. 2025
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As if what delights and obsesses us must have a purpose.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The same chip technology could also be used for compact spectrometers, quantum devices, optical clocks, and next-generation LiDAR systems.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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The chip is expected to feature in laptops and handheld devices later this year and early 2026.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The school’s origins are cultish, an area that fascinates Martin.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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Ange Postecoglou fascinates me.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Irving was an inventive stylist, with tricks up his ruffled sleeve.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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The core cast are forgettable, but the game pulls tricks from older-era Call of Duty titles like Modern Warfare and Black Ops by saddling players with alternating POVs of the events just long enough to learn someone’s name before you’re forced to live out their demise.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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So there's a lot that happens when kids learn to read and then read what interests them.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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Both men are doing stuff that keeps them occupied, interests them on some level and pays the bills, but doesn’t consume their every waking thought.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Wiles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiles. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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