cajolement

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Noun
  • Even worse is his exhortation that women have more children while cutting all available safety net programs that actually support those children.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
  • Too often today this has not been the case, as calls for impeachment of judges for decisions the Executive disfavors and exhortations to disregard court orders sadly illustrate.
    TIME Staff, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • The special inducement is that investors would be relieved of U.S. taxation on their foreign income and no job creation would be required.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And in cases where contagious people refuse to comply with entreaties to quarantine, health officials will no longer be able to enlist help from law enforcement.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2025
  • This isn’t all an entreaty for Congress and local leaders to do nothing.
    New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But in certain circumstances, the skin can't keep up with the conversion of sugars on the interior, causing the bananas to split in the process.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 May 2025
  • That motel conversion will cost over $500,000 per door to build, while the North Sacramento tiny homes will cost about $200,000 to build, according to the city and county staff reports.
    Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Impressed by the senator’s blandishments, the egoistic journalist argues military strategy and then faces a moment of conscience.
    Armond White, National Review, 17 May 2023
  • People want to hear blandishments about engagement and infrastructure.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
Noun
  • In this newest cover-up, Clooney repeats his film’s original failing — its nostalgic salute to the power of electronic media suasion.
    Armond White, National Review, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Finally, the original Concert vision embraced formal deliberation and moral suasion as the key mechanism of collaborative foreign policy.
    Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Viewers eager for strategy and a touch of seduction will find everything waiting when Scandal lands back on Netflix on June 17.
    Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
  • Especially in the language, there’s a lot of seduction in the lyrics.
    Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
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“Cajolement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cajolement. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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