enticement

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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

Such uncertainty is the main enticement of this small, mercurial book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

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 Ravens signed him before this season as an enticement to quarterback Lamar Jackson, who was negotiating a new contract.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Further enticement was provided by a beautiful psychology grad student named Julia Mae Green, who after graduation would be returning to her native Virginia.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly