- present tense form of attract (3rd person singular).
attracts
Example Sentences
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Among investors, one of those perennial stories is the young swashbuckling genius who comes out of nowhere, racks up gigantic gains on risky bets, attracts massive amounts of money, then crashes and burns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The researchers also followed a natural cellular "alarm" signal that marks damaged DNA and attracts the machinery needed to repair it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
Silicon Valley residents are increasingly trying to stop the advance of artificial intelligence, even as the region attracts hundreds of billions of dollars in investment to expand the technology’s reach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
"She could play a great complementary diplomatic role, which is particularly important now, because Hungary's transformation attracts significant international interest," Kreko added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent for ever.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
