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overpersuades

verb

present tense third-person singular of overpersuade
as in talks (into)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpersuades
  1. influences
  2. convinces
  3. persuades
  4. induces
  5. brings
  6. brings around
  7. argues
  8. sells
Verb
  • And that advisory panel, which influences state and insurance vaccine policies, is caught in a court battle.
    — Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Visual design influences the meaning of these interactions before every word has been fully processed.
    — Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of influences
Verb
  • Patricia Jones Macklin, an election protection volunteer with the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, said she’s seen little that convinces her that voter fraud is a common issue.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Nathan overhears a snippet of this exchange, which convinces him that Joe is engaged in an all-out smear campaign against him.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of convinces
Verb
  • The eight-episode series, written by Peter Ocko, follows a giant tech conglomerate that persuades the city to place a powerful robot on its police force – a robot implanted with the consciousness of a beloved fallen officer, Alex Murphy (Stevens).
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Nia then persuades Tefa to join her in smuggling cell phones into the regional prison.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of persuades
Verb
  • Perfecting the work inch by inch, writing from the first word toward the last, displays the courage and fear this method induces.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Like most psychedelics, psilocybin’s effects are the result of interactions with a specific type of serotonin receptor in the brain, which both triggers the characteristic hallucinations and euphoria and induces neural plasticity.
    — Mike McRae August 19, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of induces
Verb
  • The Toronto International Film Festival is in full swing as Hollywood brings its awards-ready finest as well as populist fare to the Great White North.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Pettersson, acquired from Vancouver, brings another veteran defensive presence.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of brings
Verb
  • La Cocina serves fresh Mexican food on the sand and brings around a plate of gratis black bean tacos at lunch time, Buena Onda plates Spanish tapas in a set-back cove on the edge of the resort, and Toppu is perched in the mountains of Mandarina, emphasizing Japanese fine dining.
    — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The month of December typically brings around 2 to 3 inches of rain to the region, on average, records show.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
Definition of brings around
Verb
  • An audit team, Chiodo argues, needs expertise that mirrors the development team, role for role.
    — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Paula Goldman, Salesforce’s chief ethical and humane use officer, argues there’s currently a big opportunity to redesign work around the complementary strengths of humans and AI.
    — Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of argues
Verb
  • An acquaintance who buys and sells movie props tells them that the boots are worth at least fifteen hundred dollars—a tenfold return on their investment.
    — David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Potential release timelines for the two products are currently unclear, but Apple already sells mobile gaming controllers from SteelSeries and Backbone on its online store.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of sells
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