as in tempting
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as in luring
to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage
every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet
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Recent Examples of enticing
Matias Grez, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
Google Chrome has proven a particularly enticing honeypot for cybercriminals looking to trick Android users into downloading malware.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
The offers have been enticing enough to compel at least half of Solaris owners to sell over the past two years, according to property records.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The play-in has already provided many memorable moments and there are yet more enticing match-ups in 2025.
—Matias Grez, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
Google Chrome has proven a particularly enticing honeypot for cybercriminals looking to trick Android users into downloading malware.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
The doc also pays close attention to a tipping-point moment that occurred in Murphy, Texas, in 2006, when one of the fake-boys was enticing a predator to come to their house.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
The offers have been enticing enough to compel at least half of Solaris owners to sell over the past two years, according to property records.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enticing
Adjective
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With that in mind, Ward is hardly a tempting bet right now, especially at his short odds.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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While adding a rookie wide receiver to have alongside CeeDee Lamb was tempting and the flashier pick, the hole Martin left was simply to big to ignore with Booker available.—
Fox News Staff,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The promise of a $225,000 starting salary at a top corporate law firm is luring many, making the financial burden of law school seem more justifiable.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Ewen says the task for Southwest will be striking a balance between luring new customers, which could potentially improve financials, and keeping existing customers happy.—
Dallas Morning News,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But his production, especially his on-target deliveries down the field in coach Lane Kiffin’s offense, stands out as a tantalizing ability that could translate.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2025
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Any fan of Madonna’s will drink up this tantalizing 16mm scrapbook stuff.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With hyper-masculine influencers on their social media feeds promoting self-improvement through extreme workout and diet regimens, the idea of sitting in a circle and talking about feelings might sound less appealing.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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Instead of being demonized, marginalized, or portrayed as the 'other,' our characters were attractive, appealing, affluent.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
1 May 2025
Verb
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The agency has sued companies for persuading veterans to sell their pension and disability payments, for charging military families more than thirty-six per cent interest on pawn loans, and for misleading servicemembers to take costly cash-out refinance loans on their homes.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Bears don’t appear to be having much trouble persuading offensive players to come to Chicago after hiring Johnson, the former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Davis Center completes the Conservancy’s multi-decade efforts to turn the northern section of Central Park, once the park’s most beleaguered and neglected area, into one of the most alluring.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
28 Apr. 2025
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Yet these skincare trends remain alluring to teenagers.—
Jana Pollack,
Parents,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Enticing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enticing. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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