seducement

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Noun
  • From tax credits and down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers to incentives for builders to invest in new construction, these positive proposals would have positively affected this vexing problem.
    David Byrd, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The Wolverines were so invested in talent retention that a One More Year Fund was launched to, as the name suggests, provide financial incentives for stars like Blake Corum to stay for one more year instead of turning pro.
    Matt Baker, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The swingman’s stats have also faltered this past month, with his scoring and shooting attempts dropping drastically, which many have attributed to Butler’s uninspired play and seeming lack of motivation.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • To that end, the recent three-point loss in Las Vegas should assist with motivation.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the hours and days that followed Andrews’ heartbreaking drop in the corner of the end zone, his teammates offered praise and words of encouragement.
    Sam Cohn, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025
  • By offering the bears verbal encouragement—and treats like carrots and apples—keepers can train them to participate in their own medical care: for example, by teaching the animals to hold out a paw for a blood draw or stand up on cue for a visual examination of the torso and legs.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • She was charged with indecent assault, corruption of minors, inducement of minors with liquor and giving false reports to law enforcement.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The filing also details various financial activities, including a public offering in February 2024 that raised net proceeds of $5.4 million and a warrant inducement that provided net cash proceeds of $3.5 million.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • With our family of five, admission to sights and attractions can get expensive quickly.
    Linnea Bailey, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The de la Cruz Collection was one of the Miami Design District’s chief attractions at 23 NE 41st St.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • What to Know The new payments, known as Recovery Rebate Credit (RRC), are being sent to eligible taxpayers who did not claim federal stimulus checks they were entitled to as part of their tax returns for 2021.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Here's what to know about the IRS' latest round of stimulus checks and who is eligible to receive them.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The goal is to understand the seduction of fascism, why so many people fell for Mussolini’s message then, and why so many are falling for a similar message today.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Satan’s seduction of Eve had to define the very idea of what seduction was: an act of irresistible trickery on the part of the seducer; a moral and an intellectual failing on the part of the seduced.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Michelle says that while the impending inauguration may have been the impetus behind the event, the celebration was so much more than its context.
    Oliver Haug, Them, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Russian analysts say that the impetus from Washington to revive diplomacy represents a potential sea change.
    Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Seducement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seducement. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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