overpersuaded

past tense of overpersuade

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpersuaded
Verb
  • After the trial, it was rumored that the jury had initially been split 9-3 for acquittal, and that the minority was brought around by the expert testimony.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The initial move brought around 35 brands to Mexico for the first time, including Isima by Shakira, Peach & Lily, Orebella, Ulta Beauty Collection, Morphe, Bubble, about-face, Ouai, Half Magic and Kitsch.
    Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Ultimately, what convinced many of her colleagues was the reassurance that citizens would not have decisional power; the parliament had a duty to consider their recommendations but could decide not to adopt them.
    Esther King, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Kim, who is a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, also said he was not convinced Republicans would work with Democrats next year to roll back or delay the scheduled Medicaid cuts.
    Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Colbert’s horse was persuaded to piaffe—to trot in place, knees up, in a way that’s required in advanced dressage competitions.
    Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In complex markets, buyers are rarely persuaded by product claims alone.
    Saul Marquez, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Alcantara induced flyouts from the first two batters in the ninth inning before walking Lars Nootbar.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Rittmeyer now says his testimony was ‘induced’ The allegations against Sandusky – a man so closely tied to the football program that had united State College, Pennsylvania, for decades – shocked the state.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In other cases, Virginia prosecutors have previously brought their own expert witnesses to counter an insanity defense at trials or even disputed the claims without their own expert, according to reports and court records.
    Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service (Alpert JFS) brought MHFA to Palm Beach County in 2014 and has since trained thousands of community members (at no cost) to be that first line of support.
    Courtney Marx, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Some of them are derelict minors who have been captured by the settler organizations, taken to outposts in the Palestinian territories, brainwashed, and taught to kill.
    David Shulman, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2026
  • How many people were brainwashed into showing up for a riot and then imprisoned for their actions over an idea that was never really theirs?
    Will Cady, SPIN, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • In 2015, a Tourbillon Souverain Blue in tantalum sold for 550,000 Swiss francs (about $547,000), four times the price of the platinum version.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Without any further time with the iPhone Duo, no one appears to know whether the cases sold by Apple would require this feature to be enabled.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Mortgage rates are influenced by inflation, Federal Reserve policy and bond-market investors’ expectations for the economy, among other factors.
    Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • His vibrant, psychedelic style was reported to have heavily influenced the Beatles’ 1968 film Yellow Submarine.
    News Desk, Artforum, 17 Sep. 2026
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“Overpersuaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overpersuaded. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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