- present participle of intrigue.
intriguing
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But perhaps most intriguing was his revelation that players still have the opportunity to break into the starting XI for the opening World Cup game versus Croatia.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
One of the most intriguing questions is whether individual cellular clocks communicate with one another during development.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
It’s also the kind of success story that theatergoing audiences love to champion, and that fairweather viewers find intriguing enough to check out themselves.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
The evolution of Earth, Wind & Fire as a musical concept is one of the more intriguing aspects of the documentary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Genuine science and mathematical precision are more intriguing than are the “facts” published in supermarket tabloids or a romantic innumeracy which fosters credulity, stunts skepticism, and dulls one to real imponderables.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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