impressionable

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Recent Examples of impressionable The young minds of children are as impressionable as a mound of clay. Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025 Bibby said new digs makes an impact on recruiting because student-athlete are impressionable. Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2025 This practice makes the entrance into extremism more palatable for young, impressionable people by masking violence behind seemingly harmless mechanics. Arthur Coelho Bezerra, The Conversation, 14 May 2025 Deference to parents should be especially pronounced at the ages when children are young and impressionable, and especially on matters of cultural, social, and moral education. The Editors, National Review, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impressionable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressionable
Adjective
  • And if anyone was naive enough to imagine the U.S.-led tournament in 2026 would be free of such political baggage, then surely the increasingly public proximity of the Trump-Infantino relationship has dispelled those illusions.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • Biography Ellmann-style was left looking hopelessly naive in its effort to understand the work by understanding its writer’s life.
    Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • On July 8, U.S. soldiers escorting a train fired at crowds in Hammond, killing an innocent bystander.
    Robert Loerzel, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
  • However, Vance’s spokesperson said the mix-up was an innocent mistake.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Today's audiences—both Hispanic and non-Hispanic—are savvy, diverse, and crave genuine representation and storytelling.
    Isaac Mizrahi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Coach Wall was a remarkable individual whose kindness and genuine spirit touched all who knew him.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • With this practice in play, deals go through not because of our ability to analyze numbers but because of our ability to establish sincere conversations.
    Neil Anders, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • The majority, however, attended out of sincere interest and fandom, not to spite the $ome $exy $ongs 4 U artist.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Critics argue that these immigration raids instill fear in vulnerable communities and may infringe on constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • Now Congress is threatening these laws, which will leave hundreds of millions of Americans vulnerable to AI harm by abolishing those state law protections.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025

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“Impressionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressionable. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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