seductive

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But its sophistication masks the fact that it’s a more seductive version of the same error.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The efficiencies it can generate are immensely seductive for corporate bosses, while the benefits it can bring to higher education have college presidents enthralled.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

It said they had resisted "psychological warfare, extensive propaganda and seductive offers".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

They can be scathingly ironic, alert to every hypocrisy that corroborates their cynical worldview, and even seductive in a perverse, power-mad way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

Jefferson himself thought in this French fashion, Adams claimed, confusing the seductive prospects envisioned in his imagination with the more limited possibilities history permitted.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis