hearts and minds
plural noun
: people's emotions and reasoning
We must appeal to and win (over) the hearts and minds of the people.
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Welcome to Wrexham has captured hearts and minds, not least those of one departing producer, who has given Richard Sutcliffe a taste of the emotional side of working on the Emmy-winning documentary.
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Ali Rampling, New York Times, 31 July 2025
In Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States was supposedly fighting for locals’ hearts and minds, but this goal sometimes seemed at odds with bombing them from an impersonal, safe distance.
—Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2025
The Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest LGBTQ rights organization, is taking its LGBTQ equality message on the road with a multicity tour focused on changing more hearts and minds, particularly in red states.
—Brooke Sopelsa, NBC news, 28 July 2025
But part of that context, too, is how this life and work play out in the lives and hearts and minds of the people who see it, and who hear it, and who respond to it.
—John Darnielle, Pitchfork, 24 July 2025
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Ali Rampling, New York Times, 31 July 2025
In Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States was supposedly fighting for locals’ hearts and minds, but this goal sometimes seemed at odds with bombing them from an impersonal, safe distance.
—Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2025
The Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest LGBTQ rights organization, is taking its LGBTQ equality message on the road with a multicity tour focused on changing more hearts and minds, particularly in red states.
—Brooke Sopelsa, NBC news, 28 July 2025
But part of that context, too, is how this life and work play out in the lives and hearts and minds of the people who see it, and who hear it, and who respond to it.
—John Darnielle, Pitchfork, 24 July 2025
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“Hearts and minds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hearts%20and%20minds. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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