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enticement

[en-tahys-muhnt] / ɛnˈtaɪs mənt /


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A year ago, Warner Bros. shares were trading at around $8, so the $31-per-share offer from Paramount was a strong enticement.

From MarketWatch Apr. 23, 2026

He was planning to go home when he was approached by a Russian man with an alluring offer: work as a restaurant cook for the equivalent of $5,200 a month—a staggering enticement.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

Saudi Arabia would have been fertile ground for Salah financially, but it could not offer the enticement of the biggest honours in the game, something he can still pursue at Liverpool.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2025

Instead, the enticement of this sort of think piece delights not in the brutality of violence but in the intricacy of the artful con.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2024

The same enticement that had led my grandparents to do the unthinkable now offered itself to Milton and Tessie.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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