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Recent Examples of beckon
ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
Rhode Island’s lone golf resort is a favorite of New Englanders of every handicap; equestrian training stables and an indoor shooting range beckon a variety of sportsmen in the summer as well.
—Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
But on the spacetime graph, the hatched area outside our tiny experiential box is beckoning.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
In that environment, bad habits beckon; habits that encourage Maye to play with abandon because why shouldn’t a quarterback asked to carry his team, throw and run and score touchdowns, try to do everything all by himself?
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The gadget sits on four slender, angled legs with its dials and classic, brown shell beckoning viewers toward its warm, bright stories.
—ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
Rhode Island’s lone golf resort is a favorite of New Englanders of every handicap; equestrian training stables and an indoor shooting range beckon a variety of sportsmen in the summer as well.
—Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
But on the spacetime graph, the hatched area outside our tiny experiential box is beckoning.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
In that environment, bad habits beckon; habits that encourage Maye to play with abandon because why shouldn’t a quarterback asked to carry his team, throw and run and score touchdowns, try to do everything all by himself?
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beckon
Verb
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The man calmly motioned to the back of his station wagon.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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From his Mercedes Benz, parked nearby, Martin spotted Davis and motioned him over, Davis wrote in his book.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But the new wave of disavowals represents the latest sign that the conflict, which has killed thousands of Palestinians, has become polarizing within the mainstream of the party.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the Atlantic, a tropical wave is forecast to emerge off the west African coast in the next couple of days.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But plenty of films have arrived at TIFF with impressive pedigree only to be met with a shrug by audiences.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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That shrug is exactly the problem.—
Aron Solomon
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the film’s only real visual flourish, these scenes are animated usually translucent, see-through animations set against b-roll of the real forest.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
1 Sep. 2025
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That was an additional flourish, believe it or not.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But Reynolds, with dirty cops at his beck and call, including powerful detective Savick (Pablo Schreiber), sets up John, who goes to jail.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, Google's own AI assistant, Gemini, will be at your beck and call.—
Jade Chung-Lee,
PC Magazine,
12 July 2025
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“Beckon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beckon. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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