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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
Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
While working there, Anderson persuaded Burkle to provide him with $100,000 in seed capital to launch his lobbying firm Platinum Advisors, according to the complaint filed by Burkle’s company.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Yet others change their position when persuaded by circumstances.
—Cory Anderson, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026
After some haggling over price and exchange of coins, Pat persuaded an attendant to fill our plane tanks.
—Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
Team principal Ross Brawn persuaded Honda to accept a management buyout for one pound.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors struggled to sustain the homicide case after a judge appeared persuaded by a self-defense argument raised by the lawyer for Adams’ co-defendant, Keyante Reed.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Then, Chan persuaded Tay to meet him and drove Tay to the home where the attack was to take place.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
Verbeek fired Greg Cronin and persuaded owner Henry Samueli to take the potential risk and the definite public-relations hit of hiring Quenneville.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
The first lady persuaded her husband Franklin Delano Roosevelt to authorize the Lincoln Memorial as the site of Marian Anderson’s concert.
—Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
While working there, Anderson persuaded Burkle to provide him with $100,000 in seed capital to launch his lobbying firm Platinum Advisors, according to the complaint filed by Burkle’s company.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Yet others change their position when persuaded by circumstances.
—Cory Anderson, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026
After some haggling over price and exchange of coins, Pat persuaded an attendant to fill our plane tanks.
—Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
Team principal Ross Brawn persuaded Honda to accept a management buyout for one pound.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors struggled to sustain the homicide case after a judge appeared persuaded by a self-defense argument raised by the lawyer for Adams’ co-defendant, Keyante Reed.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Then, Chan persuaded Tay to meet him and drove Tay to the home where the attack was to take place.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
Verbeek fired Greg Cronin and persuaded owner Henry Samueli to take the potential risk and the definite public-relations hit of hiring Quenneville.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuaded
Adjective
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In the show, Annette is portrayed as a young actress who is convinced to buy a Calvin Klein suit by Carolyn Bessette.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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With this new evidence, investigators became increasingly convinced that Rachel Shoaf and Shelia Eddy were withholding critical information.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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To her, Dorr’s presentation satisfied questions of access, freeing the library board to consider capacity.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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The legislation laid out in detail a governance structure that satisfied lenders financing the transaction by giving the borrower, the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, control over decision making for three years after the deal closed.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
23 Feb. 2026
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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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 15 Mar. 2026.
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