Synonym: allure, captivate, charm, draw, fascinate, infatuate, interest, pull, tempt. Antonym: distract, repel. Similar words: attractive, attraction, distract, abstract, contract, contractor, attribute, track. Meaning: [ə'trækt] v. 1. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes 2. exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away 3. be attractive to.
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181) They chose to attract public attention and demonstrate contradictions in justice and the law by criminal acts.
182) So far, most discounters have stuck to selling food, though Aldi does use one-off promotions of clothing to attract customers.
183) It must therefore remain an open question as to whether the local economy is sufficiently robust to attract private sector capital.
184) Compromises would not attract the support of the key interest groups in either and would be impossible to implement.
185) Schools that excel and attract more students rarely grow or clone themselves.
186) We need to attract and retain members and that can be done with information which is very powerful.
187) The game continues to attract young teenagers whose education is disrupted by the tantalising prospect that they will become professional players.
188) Few claimants will want to attract the social stigma which attaches to a characterisation of a person as disabled.
189) Meanwhile for marketing we continue to attract growing numbers of candidates.
190) The Sainsbury petition was expected to attract about 2,500 signatures.
191) To attract crowds large enough to fill up the ornate space, big spectacles were de rigueur.
192) Biotechs are among those expected to attract a whack of capital as the Baby Boomers age and the study of genomics advances.
193) The showpiece projects are the Concord Centre and Glass City expected to attract two million visitors and 2,000 jobs.
194) There is already evidence to show knitwear firms are failing to attract sufficient numbers of young people.
195) Equally Odette and her alter ego Odile attract the prince less through their enchanted beauty than through their artlessness.
196) Hardworking and prudent people attract good luck. Lazy and reckless people invite bad luck. Dr T.P.Chia
197) He spied a chance to develop the kind of workforce that would attract many different businesses to Tulsa-and keep them there.
198) Among these, the most prominent is the emphasis cities have placed on programs to develop or attract high-technology industries.
199) I believe the local economy can only change when the city makes significant efforts to attract high-technology businesses to the area.
200) Franchisees at the meeting worried about cash flow, and what it will take to attract more customers.
201) Within you is the divine capacity to manifest and attract all that you need or desire. Wayne Dyer
202) Tories are also conscious that the image of Unionism is such that any agreement would attract inevitable criticism from opposition parties.
203) Mr Hunt made a good effort to attract business to the state, but his political reforms floundered.
204) Only six of the 10 tracts are expected to attract strong attention, mostly in the eastern part of the country.
205) Note that eurobonds are unlikely to attract tax exempt investors such as pension funds,(sentencedict.com) given the lower yield associated with bearer status.
206) In this context, the failure to attract overseas students is seen as a dramatic failure.
207) Read in studio Stone circles like Stonehenge attract thousands of visitors each year drawn by the excitement of the ancient and unknown.
208) Forty years ago it began to attract squatters who could not find cheap housing elsewhere.
209) UDCs are designed to create the conditions and confidence necessary to attract private capital.
210) Analogously, large loans attract a lower interest rate than small loans because of the administrative economies of scale.
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