cajolement

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Noun
  • Yet this was not an exhortation to double down on partisanship.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Slot became more involved in the post-match celebrations with supporters than ever before, raising his arms to the Kop in an apparent exhortation for fans to give a little more.
    Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Nothing in this article should be construed as an inducement for a reader to take a position in the stock nor as an implicit or explicit endorsement of the company’s strategy or of the relative value of the stock.
    Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Trump and Musk maintain the government can achieve budget savings and shrink government using inducements to retire or be fired.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Feb. 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
  • The plane has undergone a $10 million conversion to transform it into a modern marvel, while still retaining that retro feel and look.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2025
  • The properties include a $2.2 million Dorchester townhouse, a $2.3 million nearby townhouse conversion and a $3 million multifamily house in Boston's Roxbury Crossing neighborhood.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 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
  • His history is filled with the corrosive effects of fear, the seductions of ambition, the failures of leadership and the tragic unraveling of judgment.
    Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Venus, your ruling planet, will also harmonize with Mars — celestial ruler of your relationship sector — on April 6, adding a layer of seduction and charisma to your love life.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Cajolement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cajolement. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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