as in compelling
having the power to persuade
a persuasive argument for increasing funding of the city's library system
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Recent Examples of persuasive
These interpretations might have been persuasive in January.
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Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Greenwood says the director was persuasive enough that the production could not just use Chatsworth, but to modify one of its rooms.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 18 Apr. 2025
This and other firsthand examples of open trading in government secrets were so persuasive that Mr. Frankel’s memo was retyped and submitted as an affidavit in The Times’s response to the government’s complaint.
—David W. Dunlap, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Ways of making people believe things don’t divide neatly into the persuasive and the coercive—the brainwashing model gives the lie to that distinction.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Greenwood says the director was persuasive enough that the production could not just use Chatsworth, but to modify one of its rooms.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 18 Apr. 2025
This and other firsthand examples of open trading in government secrets were so persuasive that Mr. Frankel’s memo was retyped and submitted as an affidavit in The Times’s response to the government’s complaint.
—David W. Dunlap, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Ways of making people believe things don’t divide neatly into the persuasive and the coercive—the brainwashing model gives the lie to that distinction.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuasive
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What started as a part-time gig and a family tradition is quickly becoming a compelling franchise opportunity in the landscaping industry.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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And educators started to research how to make learning through the radio more compelling and fun.—
Josh Shepperd,
The Conversation,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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The trends within the trend make an even more convincing case for a comeback, with lactose-free and whole milk consumption up by a respective 12.3% and 3.6%, and a whopping 17.6% surge in the sale of raw milk.—
HubSpot,
HubSpot,
2 May 2025
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Both Lennox and Sarah Lind, as Alex’s wife, Sam, are serious and convincing, and the musician David Yow, as an oddball private detective following in Alex’s wake, gives the movie some idiosyncratic flair.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Estimates of people with other arrhythmias are less conclusive, but in general, people with arrhythmias are at higher risk of having heart attacks or strokes and dying early, Pell said.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2025
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While some studies have found potential associations—often at higher-than-recommended levels—experts caution that the evidence is mixed and not conclusive.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
13 Jan. 2023
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According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.—
Elliot Hughes,
Journal Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2023
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“Persuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuasive. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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