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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
Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
But the price was worth it for Bischofberger, who persuaded Warhol to give him right of first refusal for his art, a stipulation that the artist upheld until his death in 1987.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 May 2026
And research illustrates that agents can be easily tricked into bad behavior, such as overcorrecting when told not to do something, being persuaded by human appeals to urgency and simple manipulation tricks.
—Nigel Melville, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
That performance persuaded Combs to run Dust Commander 15 days later in the 1 1/8-mile Blue Grass Stakes.
—Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
From there, partiers mingle in the lobby, pose for photographs on a red carpet, and search out any celebrities who have been persuaded to show up.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
The inexpensive studio space and the innovative community being formed by his gallery, Library Street Collective, persuaded him to stay.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2026
In the end, county officials were persuaded to act.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2026
But whether by happenstance or fate, a Kansas City cigar salesman warming himself in the store one day persuaded him that this was the place.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
Historically, Angelenos didn’t need to be persuaded to ride the train.
—Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
But the price was worth it for Bischofberger, who persuaded Warhol to give him right of first refusal for his art, a stipulation that the artist upheld until his death in 1987.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 May 2026
And research illustrates that agents can be easily tricked into bad behavior, such as overcorrecting when told not to do something, being persuaded by human appeals to urgency and simple manipulation tricks.
—Nigel Melville, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
That performance persuaded Combs to run Dust Commander 15 days later in the 1 1/8-mile Blue Grass Stakes.
—Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
From there, partiers mingle in the lobby, pose for photographs on a red carpet, and search out any celebrities who have been persuaded to show up.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
The inexpensive studio space and the innovative community being formed by his gallery, Library Street Collective, persuaded him to stay.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2026
In the end, county officials were persuaded to act.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2026
But whether by happenstance or fate, a Kansas City cigar salesman warming himself in the store one day persuaded him that this was the place.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuaded
Adjective
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Lesch became convinced the Middle East would be central to world affairs for decades to come.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Associate Professor Nigel Beebe of the University of Queensland’s School of the Environment isn’t convinced.—
Ryan Brennan
May 1,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Personals like this one may feel like a relic—Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji, New York’s mayor and his wife, met on Hinge, after all—but love and lust have been satisfied by column inches since the 1800s.—
Zara Meerza,
Air Mail,
2 May 2026
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State court records show Blueprint satisfied the judgment by last April.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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As fans stood for the opening run, a sprawling 23-piece backing ensemble — including six band members, eight backing vocalists plus returning Church muse Joanna Cotten, and a mini-orchestra with four horns and four strings — some swayed.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Oracles are by their nature enigmatic, obscure, gnomic, a mode that the aleatory perambulations of the Eureka engine would seem predisposed toward producing, but narrative also has a venerable tradition of being mechanically generated, despite the seeming complexity of plot.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Are older pop fans more predisposed to embrace The Life of a Showgirl than younger ones?—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Persuaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuaded. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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