enticement

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as in temptation
the act or pressure of giving in to a desire especially when ill-advised the enticement of the party buffet was just too great to ignore for very long

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Noun
  • Sponsor Opportunities: Upscale Park City and Deer Valley would remain a lure for sponsors who want to entertain clients in ski resorts.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025
  • This is done to exploit the Microsoft 365 tenant display name feature so as to inject a trusted and believable phishing lure directly into the email concerned.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And because Disney remakes of one sort or another just keep coming, from Mulan to Pinocchio to The Little Mermaid, the temptation to be cynical about them is enormous.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
  • On the other hand, growth finance from Series B onwards can be hard to secure and the temptation to sell to a rival or a corporation can be strong.
    Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Europe and China both have incentives to step up, for different reasons and with different priorities.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The contract, Schefter said, could be worth up to $7 million with incentives.
    Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Pérez’s Mimì doesn’t seem to worry about seduction either way; in this production, Rodolfo is the calm from the storm of her life.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Here, Clay, played by Al Freeman Jr., is a fool too easily lured by Lula’s unhinged seduction, all but assuring his destruction.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Like at its existing attractions, these are add-on to regular admission tickets.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The attraction aboard the line’s newest ship, Norwegian Aqua, replaced the go-kart track found on others in the fleet, including Prima Class vessels Norwegian Prima and Norwegian Viva.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Enticement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enticement. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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