as in inexperienced
easy to influence
The teacher was accused of forcing his political beliefs on impressionable teenagers. The book had a profound effect on his impressionable young mind.
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Recent Examples of impressionable
Patience and consistency are vital to successful house training, especially in these impressionable first weeks.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
So, even though Tokyo Drift may not have been as big a hit as all the others, the cars in this installment are hugely impressionable and hard to forget.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Ask her to stop, especially with this impressionable young woman.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 9 July 2025
During our interview, Nair offered a glimpse into what the Mamdani-Nair family experienced in New York right after 9/11, when Mamdani was a boy at the impressionable age of nine who had arrived in New York with his parents from Uganda just a few years earlier.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
So, even though Tokyo Drift may not have been as big a hit as all the others, the cars in this installment are hugely impressionable and hard to forget.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Ask her to stop, especially with this impressionable young woman.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 9 July 2025
During our interview, Nair offered a glimpse into what the Mamdani-Nair family experienced in New York right after 9/11, when Mamdani was a boy at the impressionable age of nine who had arrived in New York with his parents from Uganda just a few years earlier.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressionable
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Since the election, Reform has tried to refashion itself from a protest vote party to one that could govern – untried and inexperienced, but ready to step in if the Labour Party buckles under its own blunders, and the once-mighty Conservatives drift further into political irrelevance.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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His emergence has enabled a talented, inexperienced team find its early identity.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Their attempts at political discourse often veered toward the group speaking in vague, naïve universalisms.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
4 Sep. 2025
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At times on Saturday, Bremen were terribly naive, exhibiting all the fragility expected of a team built from inexperienced players.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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Unless more Democrats start being realistic, many more innocent people will unfortunately continue to suffer.—
Christopher Tremoglie,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ben Lewis Doherty, playing a boy named Sam whose life is upended by Robbie, is the show’s greatest innocent, a softhearted moppet who warns deer to be careful when crossing the street.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Zelenskyy said on Monday that Kyiv intends to expand such attacks, which Ukrainian officials and commanders have framed as a means to undermine Moscow's war effort and force the Kremlin into genuine negotiations.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
3 Sep. 2025
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What often emerges from these operations is a community that appreciates accountability where genuine growth can take place.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Before too long, though, Sacrifice ventures off into much stranger, more sincere territory, becoming a drama that mulls over surrendering to a higher power.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Florida already has broad medical and religious exemptions for childhood vaccines, so any family that has a sincere opposition to vaccination can opt out.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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This is about weaponizing fear into policy to target the vulnerable communities to divide us and undermine the very fabric of our society.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Aug. 2025
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For example, SpaceX removed some heat-shield tiles from the Flight 8 upper stage to stress-test certain vulnerable areas.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Impressionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressionable. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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