persuadable

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Recent Examples of persuadable But are there still persuadable moderates out there? Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026 Would Democrats be better served by running more moderate candidates to court persuadable swing voters? Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026 The steady drumbeat of imagery out of Minnesota is persuading the last few persuadable voters that this deportation campaign has gone too far. Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026 For the broad electorate, particularly the persuadable voters who decide our elections on a national level, midterms are backward-looking. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for persuadable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuadable
Adjective
  • So when someone like Duran gets harassed after revealing a mental illness – and then expresses regret for having opened up – an impressionable onlooker could decide that talking about their mental health struggles isn’t worth the risk.
    Scott Parrott, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
  • In my impressionable eyes, no one was cooler than Mike Bailey.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Adjective
  • Still, the film has its rewards, mostly of the unsophisticated kind, since the fight sequences come fast and furious and the cheesy dialogue has enough groan-worthy one-liners to inspire a thousand drinking games.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
  • Since then, officials have also warned that even unsophisticated drones can pose serious risks.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Moving from one phase to the next requires a gate review which ensures that relevant issues in the volume manufacturing phase are considered while the design is still malleable, and can adjust to manufacturing constraints.
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • These albums are unique exercises for WiFi and his understated, malleable rapping—balancing acts for retaining his own singular style while melding with his producers’ beats.
    Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026
Adjective
  • The team overachieved this season partly because Mazzulla turned an inexperienced supporting cast into a strength.
    Jay King, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Short selling can be an intellectually demanding approach to the market, and many inexperienced traders fall into a trap, lured by overvaluation and hype.
    David Capablanca, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Adjective
  • And then of course there are the intangibles—her dynamism, but also her vulnerability and almost childlike quality.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 1 June 2026
  • The earlier one is a showcase for Aidy Bryant, but Keaton takes center stage in this kid’s-show sendup, where it’s gradually revealed that the magical world the childlike host has created for himself has sinister undertones (as well as unpaid bills).
    Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
Adjective
  • Tranquillity, often simple but rarely simpleminded, may be Ruscha’s essential quality as an artist.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • But in general election terms, impeachment is a boon for the Democrats, which is why McCarthy is desperately trying to slow-walk these simpleminded drives for vengeance.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 7 July 2023
Adjective
  • Small, sincere steps hold everything together today.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
  • But Monroe’s passion for books was sincere.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
Adjective
  • Internationally, however, the film’s distribution prospects rest largely on Cotillard, also burdened with the heaviest dramatic lifting to do as the stricken, unworldly protagonist who bridges the film’s two improbably connected realms.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • Channels the inner, bestial urges to release an unworldly howl that pushes back any nearby enemies.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Persuadable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuadable. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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