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as in spell
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power
the children were so preternaturally well-behaved that they must have been under the power of a glamour of some sort
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as in appeal
the power of irresistible attraction
the glamour of the fashion industry
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Recent Examples of glamour
But as Milan embraces its new wave of glamour, a piece of its carefree past is being stamped out.
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Elena Clavarino, airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025
But on Sunday night, in the glamour game of the entire pro football season, Allen’s team and Jackson’s team are balling against each other in Buffalo which, in so many ways, is the heartbreak capital of the entire sport because of those four straight Super Bowl losses in the early ’90s.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
And that old Hollywood glamour was a bit of a trend this year.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
The latest California blaze that erupted on Wednesday evening in the Hollywood Hills was threatening Los Angeles landmarks indelibly associated with the city’s glamour and the history of the American film industry.
—Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Elena Clavarino, airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025
But on Sunday night, in the glamour game of the entire pro football season, Allen’s team and Jackson’s team are balling against each other in Buffalo which, in so many ways, is the heartbreak capital of the entire sport because of those four straight Super Bowl losses in the early ’90s.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
And that old Hollywood glamour was a bit of a trend this year.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
The latest California blaze that erupted on Wednesday evening in the Hollywood Hills was threatening Los Angeles landmarks indelibly associated with the city’s glamour and the history of the American film industry.
—Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glamour
Noun
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According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the cold spell brought Chicago's air temperature down to a bone-chilling minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit on January 21.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Eowyn will also bring rain showers and longer spells of rain across the north of Ireland, according to forecasters, and there was a chance of hail and snow in the hills of Scotland.—
Claire Moses,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The case was dismissed after the judge learned that the prosecution had failed to turn over key evidence; Baldwin was officially cleared in December when the special prosecutor withdrew her appeal of that dismissal.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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In times of intensifying economic inequality, when many of the jobs on offer are precarious, underpaid, and spiritually deadening, the prospect of becoming your own boss holds a lot of appeal.—
Anna Wiener,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Just the right amount of contemporary Swiss alpine charm, cue the warm wood tones and cool marble bathrooms, with a shot of Scandinavian design aesthetic, all clean lines and soft furnishings, and a dash of contemporary nonchalance, signal the robust amount of dimmable light switches.—
Alexandra Cheney,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2025
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For true, stop-in-your-stroll cottage charm, make sure to walk past circa-1900 1808 I’On Avenue—a prime example of the architectural type.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2025
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And anyone who believed in curses was gaining some evidence.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2025
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Cubs fan sabotages his own team and extends the most infamous curse in MLB history During Game 6 of the 2003 National League Division vs. the then-Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs fan Steve Bartman reached out and grabbed a ball that could have been caught.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2025
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The goal is to understand the seduction of fascism, why so many people fell for Mussolini’s message then, and why so many are falling for a similar message today.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
31 Dec. 2024
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Satan’s seduction of Eve had to define the very idea of what seduction was: an act of irresistible trickery on the part of the seducer; a moral and an intellectual failing on the part of the seduced.—
Merve Emre,
The New Yorker,
16 Dec. 2024
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The Italian director Alice Rohrwacher’s films often focus on incongruous moments of enchantment within communities living at the margins of society.—
Jé Wilson,
The New York Review of Books,
23 Jan. 2025
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The thought of our freedom to get outside and mingle being suppressed has a foreshadowing of doom that has smothered the enchantment of snow days.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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Describing the allure of Slice House, Gemignani brought up another famous name in the restaurant chain universe.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Jan. 2025
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New York’s analogous legislation targeted algorithms that recommend content to kids, presumably to reduce the allure of these platforms.—
Cal Newport,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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Conspiracy Theories Surrounding The JFK Files Kennedy's assassination and the government's conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing him are the subject of enduring fascination among journalists, politicians and members of the public.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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At the heart of Aamir’s delicate porcelain sculptures lies a fascination with how nature constructs something atom by atom or cell by cell.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Glamour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glamour. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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