jawboned; jawboning; jawbones
: to speak forcefully and persuasively to
jawboned them into accepting the deal
: to talk especially forcefully and persuasively
jawboning about the tax cuts
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
Although critics often dismiss gatherings such as the G-20 and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation as once-a-year opportunities for heads of state to gather for a few hours, don an ethnically unique shirt, jawbone, and take a group photo, this is a misleading stereotype.
—Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Time, 14 Aug. 2023
Judge Terry Doughty ruled that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in proving that a bombardment of takedown requests by emails and calls from White House and federal agency officials forced the social media companies’ hands, amounting to a practice known as jawboning.
—WIRED, 24 July 2023
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Noun
Workers in Ak-Suu district alerted the quarry owner, who contacted officials
Archaeologists identified the bones as the tusk and lower jawbone of a mammoth, officials said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
Although critics often dismiss gatherings such as the G-20 and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation as once-a-year opportunities for heads of state to gather for a few hours, don an ethnically unique shirt, jawbone, and take a group photo, this is a misleading stereotype.
—Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Verb
Testimony can be expected as well from the two top Michigan state lawmakers who were summoned to the White House and jawboned to change the Michigan electors.
—Time, 14 Aug. 2023
Judge Terry Doughty ruled that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in proving that a bombardment of takedown requests by emails and calls from White House and federal agency officials forced the social media companies’ hands, amounting to a practice known as jawboning.
—WIRED, 24 July 2023
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“Jawbone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jawbone. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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jawbone
noun
jaw·bone
ˈjȯ-ˈbōn, -ˌbōn 
: jaw sense 1
especially
: mandible
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