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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Peter Van Sant: And this sounds tantalizing, isn't it.
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Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2025
There’s a sense that the workplace is where children get to dress up as adults, with all of the tantalizing power—and peril—that being a grownup entails.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
In-hub wheel motors are among the most tantalizing and yet elusive of electric-vehicle technologies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2025
Beyond Hunter, there are plenty of talented corners who will be in Indianapolis this week, just no one quite as tantalizing as the Heisman winner.
—Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2025
There’s a sense that the workplace is where children get to dress up as adults, with all of the tantalizing power—and peril—that being a grownup entails.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
In-hub wheel motors are among the most tantalizing and yet elusive of electric-vehicle technologies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2025
Beyond Hunter, there are plenty of talented corners who will be in Indianapolis this week, just no one quite as tantalizing as the Heisman winner.
—Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Tantalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tantalizing. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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