as in appeal
the power of irresistible attraction
the nostalgic allure of America's Wild West still attracts vacationers to ghost towns
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as in to charm
to attract or delight as if by magic
was so allured by his sister's college roommate that before long he was asking her for a date
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as in to tempt
to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage
allured by the promise of big bucks, he decided to have a go at a job on the trading floor of the stock market
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Recent Examples of allure
Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
This is the season to embrace perfumes that don’t overwhelm but rather float on the skin, enhancing your natural allure with every warm breeze.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 20 May 2025
Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 17 Feb. 2025
While the expansive sight of Lee’s Wharf and Newport Harbor may allure you, the food and lively atmosphere at Flora will draw you back.
—airmail.news, 9 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Both of these origin stories root their allure in the democratic myth that excellence lives in all of us.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
This is the season to embrace perfumes that don’t overwhelm but rather float on the skin, enhancing your natural allure with every warm breeze.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 20 May 2025
Verb
The collection is inspired by alluring gangster films that are reimagined through the world of LaQuan Smith.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 17 Feb. 2025
While the expansive sight of Lee’s Wharf and Newport Harbor may allure you, the food and lively atmosphere at Flora will draw you back.
—airmail.news, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allure
Noun
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However, after weeks of volatile visa policies, capped with the Trump administration’s move last week to terminate Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, the appeal of the U.S. as a host country is in flux.—
Anna Esaki-Smith,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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That case, like the one on school T-shirts, arose from appeals by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group.—
David G. Savage,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Moore's Michaela is mysterious, commanding, and beyond wealthy, described in the trailer and elsewhere as someone with the ability to charm into subservience.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
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Viewers on TikTok were charmed by the emotional reunion.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
Verb
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There was interest from the Saudi Pro League last summer, and clubs may be tempted to try again.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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To design the space, interior designer Laura Gonzalez was tasked with reimagining One Wall Street into a shopping experience luxurious enough to tempt shoppers down to the Financial District.—
Sarah Wood González,
Vogue,
27 May 2025
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Do different cultures engage with Napoleon’s legacy differently? PJC: The Anglo-Saxons are fascinated by the romantic aspect of his period as an exile.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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As for Mourinho, Greenhalgh was fascinated by his approach.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
Verb
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The company recently ended its incentive program, known as customer commitment packages, to lure and maintain customers on the heels of the incident.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
4 June 2025
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The result is that homes are sitting idle on the market, forcing sellers to offer price cuts to lure in buyers.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Noun
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This experimental approach is characteristic of Ulvaeus’s career-long fascination with technological innovation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 June 2025
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At a time when Cold War tensions heightened curiosity and suspicion about all things Soviet, American consumers flocked to the new vodka as an edgy, exotic choice—drinking vodka became simultaneously an act of defiance and fascination.—
Time,
Time,
4 June 2025
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The Navy also has spent considerably more than the others to entice sailors to reenlist, doling out retention bonuses to roughly 70,000 service members for each of the past three years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 May 2025
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Duffy recently announced a sweeping program to upgrade the agency's technology infrastructure, as well as hiring incentives to entice more would-be air traffic controllers.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Going even further, its materiality, terra-cotta, and its iconography, the corazón, seduce us to discover an even more seductive identity, a cultural and historical foundation, mexicanidad.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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But prosecutors warned observers not to be seduced by soft appearances.—
Thomas Adamson,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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“Allure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allure. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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