as in to convince
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request
she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension
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Recent Examples of persuade
The French president had also thrown himself into persuading the player to stay with Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2022, as if trying to keep a monument that belongs to the national heritage.
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Time,
Time,
26 June 2026
Anthropic's larger project is to persuade Washington to define the rules of the frontier so that model extraction becomes a sanctionable offense.
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Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Republican leaders think that there could be enough Democratic items in the request to persuade Democrats to support it.
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Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
25 June 2026
At the same time, the company has tried to persuade states to pass laws shielding it from liability in failure-to-warn lawsuits, and three states have agreed.
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David A. Lieb,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
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Time,
Time,
26 June 2026
Anthropic's larger project is to persuade Washington to define the rules of the frontier so that model extraction becomes a sanctionable offense.
—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Republican leaders think that there could be enough Democratic items in the request to persuade Democrats to support it.
—
Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
25 June 2026
At the same time, the company has tried to persuade states to pass laws shielding it from liability in failure-to-warn lawsuits, and three states have agreed.
—
David A. Lieb,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
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The mayor, having failed to convince Albany to raise other taxes that matter emotionally to his base, had to make a meager win seem meaningful.
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Just a few months ago, when more than 60 Labour MPs signed an open letter calling for a social media ban for under-16s, Keir Starmer wasn’t convinced.
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But there is a wide variety of products that address different skin concerns, from peptide serums for wrinkles to satisfying face masks to deeply hydrated skin.
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Treating this as a binary choice means optimizing for one group at the expense of the other, which tends to produce policies that satisfy neither.
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“Persuade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuade. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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