entice
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Nearly 6 in 10 builders also used sales incentives to try to entice buyers, such as offering money towards buyers’ closing costs, or upgrades such as a free washer and dryer.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Meanwhile, new laws in Texas were being written to help entice companies to list shares in the state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Electronic music helped entice fans into downtown’s revitalization in the 2000s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
With its proximity to the stadium, the mall is seeking to entice fans with World Cup activities such as watch parties and live music.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
“We can stop at BookBarn on the way back,” Mom says, as if to entice me.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
The play, which won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize this year, entices on the page despite seeming overstuffed and curiously decentralized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
A can of worms—its opening both entices and repels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
He argued they include private exchanges with lawyers, details about policy-making decisions and information that would reveal how the state entices companies to invest here.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2025
And it’s a sign that the game is operating exactly as designed, with long odds creating a massive jackpot that entices people to drop $2 on a ticket.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
It’s this weakness, whatever it is, that entices me.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Ma was enticed by a promise of quick returns and encouraged by what seemed like trappings of success, he said in an interview: Nguyen wore Chanel sunglasses, dressed in designer clothes and drove a Tesla.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Stokes enticed O'Rourke to miscue and then came a moment of controversy.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
That allegedly enticed consumers to spend more to purchase the new devices.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Many of their customers enticed by consultants will stop paying full price when the financial incentives are gone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Meggie enticed it over, speaking to it gently, until it put its head under her arm and purred, asking to be petted.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Today, the digital payments space is highly competitive, with major tech companies such as Apple and Google enticing customers to use their payment services for online purchases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
But new listeners may also find its gorgeous gloom enticing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Such are the enticing promises of peptides, an increasingly buzzy class of substances touted by influencers and celebrities as the key to an optimized life.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
There are a few other factors that make his offer extra enticing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Yet somehow there were people who found that strange ideological mosaic to be enticing.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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