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persuaded

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verb

past tense of persuade

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Recent Examples of persuaded
Verb
That staggering form persuaded Manchester United to pay Dortmund £73million for the winger. Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Salmon wondered if King could be persuaded to draw again, and Dawn agreed to try. Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 The inability of conservatives to break the opposition once and for all persuaded the establishment to try to cut deals with Thaksin’s Pheu Thai Party instead. Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026 Stuart Evey, who oversaw who oversaw Getty Oil’s investments outside its core oil business, persuaded the company's board to invest $10 million for an 85% stake. Nicole Kraft, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Save to wishlist Melin Tregwynt Welsh Blanket Sanneh, who Miron Ahlers persuaded to join The Trail Club, sees the house as the next phase of the club. Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026 Senator Bill Cassidy also wavered, but said he was persuaded by the vow. David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026 Paramount was among the companies that persuaded the state to make film credits refundable starting last year. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026 But state environmental officials persuaded them to drop their challenge. Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuaded
Adjective
  • But, as pre-season unfolded, Glasner became more convinced that James McAtee was capable of filling the void.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • That line has been the floor on every meaningful pullback during this recovery and a close back below it would tell you the buyers are not as convinced.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Instead of recognizing that a 1-paragraph block is not a 10-paragraph block, the generation engine assumed that formatting the technical specifications neatly satisfied the underlying intent.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The court sent unresolved questions about whether the warrant in that case satisfied constitutional requirements back to a lower court.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • One man who isn’t swayed is Japan’s richest investment mogul, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son.
    Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026
  • Most teams, in fact, decided from the start that pitchers were not in the best position and were liable to be too emotionally swayed to be entrusted with ABS challenges.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
Adjective
  • Some people are more predisposed to being in a state of sustained levels of stress, such as individuals with neurodivergent brains – who also often also have sleep disorders.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Last year, 30 percent of lefties were pronator-biased (and therefore more predisposed to throwing a good non-splitter changeup) versus 26 percent of righties.
    Eno Sarris, New York Times, 11 May 2026

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“Persuaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuaded. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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