tantalizing
adjective
tan·ta·liz·ing
ˈtan-tə-ˌlī-ziŋ 
: possessing a quality that arouses or stimulates desire or interest
also
: mockingly or teasingly out of reach
tantalizingly
adverb
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Yes, his growth into the league's best defender and one of its most tantalizing offensive talents might be a bit ahead of schedule, and San Antonio no doubt wants to keep its options open.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
This was a tantalizing look ahead and Penn State secured wins in eight of 10 weight classes.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 1 Feb. 2025
The other paper, in the journal Nature Astronomy, was even more tantalizing, reporting the discovery of all five nucleobases that make up DNA and RNA—adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil—in the Bennu samples.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
The Thrones book author took to his personal blog on Tuesday to offer a tantalizing look ahead at A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the new spinoff coming to HBO later this year.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Jan. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
This was a tantalizing look ahead and Penn State secured wins in eight of 10 weight classes.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 1 Feb. 2025
The other paper, in the journal Nature Astronomy, was even more tantalizing, reporting the discovery of all five nucleobases that make up DNA and RNA—adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil—in the Bennu samples.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
The Thrones book author took to his personal blog on Tuesday to offer a tantalizing look ahead at A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the new spinoff coming to HBO later this year.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Tantalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tantalizing. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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