as in satisfied
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request
she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension
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Recent Examples of persuaded
Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Bivins would end up betraying Villar when FBI agents persuaded him to call the roofer on July 15, 2024, on their burner cellphones.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
The year before, at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, the commissioners had persuaded the southern tribes to accept reservations in Indian Territory.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Following two successful seasons at Ole Miss, Lane weighed the possibility of taking another head coaching job, but Landry persuaded him to stay.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
But Reid, their new manager, persuaded EMI Records to advance enough money to allow the band to create without limits for the first time.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
For the second straight year, casino-owning tribes persuaded lawmakers to pass legislation that directly attacks the tribes’ business competitors.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
They are persuaded the jet doesn’t have enough fuel to cross international borders, and must stop to replenish before leaving Japanese territory.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
That would set off a series of events in which his parents and a family friend persuaded him to surrender to authorities the day after the killing, according to charging documents filed in state court Tuesday.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Engels persuaded the skeptical Marx that the working class was history’s true engine.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Bivins would end up betraying Villar when FBI agents persuaded him to call the roofer on July 15, 2024, on their burner cellphones.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
The year before, at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, the commissioners had persuaded the southern tribes to accept reservations in Indian Territory.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Following two successful seasons at Ole Miss, Lane weighed the possibility of taking another head coaching job, but Landry persuaded him to stay.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
But Reid, their new manager, persuaded EMI Records to advance enough money to allow the band to create without limits for the first time.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
For the second straight year, casino-owning tribes persuaded lawmakers to pass legislation that directly attacks the tribes’ business competitors.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
They are persuaded the jet doesn’t have enough fuel to cross international borders, and must stop to replenish before leaving Japanese territory.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
That would set off a series of events in which his parents and a family friend persuaded him to surrender to authorities the day after the killing, according to charging documents filed in state court Tuesday.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuaded
Verb
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The concerted propaganda effort lasted for over a year, but the people were not convinced.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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But many physicists are not convinced by this cut-and-dried distinction.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Stein provided one that satisfied her ambitions and perhaps mitigated a sense of mediocrity.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Certainly, the endless stream of player feedback allowed Supergiant to hone in on razor-sharp gameplay that satisfied existing players.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When betting on a startup’s future potential, Graham is typically more swayed by his impression of its founders than the idea behind their business, the co-founder of startup accelerator Y Combinator wrote in a series of posts on social media platform X on August 10.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.,
CNBC,
18 Aug. 2025
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Business executives, at least some, are less swayed by the hype and more level-headed about the costs and benefits of using AI.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In that environment, incomplete or out-of-context information is often snipped, packaged to fit predisposed narratives and then rapidly amplified across text, short-form video or audio content.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Persuaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuaded. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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