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
Adjective
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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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Ferran is just as compelling when such vibrancy and vitality gives way to dejection and disharmony as her aspiring writing career grinds to a halt and her health starts to deteriorate.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
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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As an option, have a separate, conclusive AI to summarize everything and produce the final answers.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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This observation provided the first conclusive evidence for the existence of the cosmic behemoth at the core of a galaxy.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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 14 May. 2025.
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