tantalizing
adjective
tan·ta·liz·ing
ˈtan-tə-ˌlī-ziŋ 
: possessing a quality that arouses or stimulates desire or interest
also
: mockingly or teasingly out of reach
tantalizingly
adverb
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Some EPs are leftovers from the artist’s last full-length, while others feel like a tantalizing taste of a new sound.
SPIN’s favorite EPs of 2024 include new artists on the verge, one-off collaborations between singers and producers, and some of the year’s biggest pop hits.
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Al Shipley, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
Zachary Basu Dec 11, 2024 - Technology America obsesses over Luigi Mangione's digital footprint
Luigi Mangione, charged in the brazen murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, left behind a tantalizing digital footprint with few parallels in the history of famed assassins.
—Jason Lalljee, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
With so many characters to focus on, the story easily doles out tantalizing hints to keep viewers watching.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
In 2025, the JWST will likely shed more light into these tantalizing detections, and hopefully confirm, for the first time ever, if there is life on alien worlds light-years away from our own.
—Lisa Kaltenegger, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
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Al Shipley, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
Zachary Basu Dec 11, 2024 - Technology America obsesses over Luigi Mangione's digital footprint
Luigi Mangione, charged in the brazen murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, left behind a tantalizing digital footprint with few parallels in the history of famed assassins.
—Jason Lalljee, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
With so many characters to focus on, the story easily doles out tantalizing hints to keep viewers watching.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
In 2025, the JWST will likely shed more light into these tantalizing detections, and hopefully confirm, for the first time ever, if there is life on alien worlds light-years away from our own.
—Lisa Kaltenegger, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Tantalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tantalizing. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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