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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
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
The 26-year-old midfielder was injured for the match in Minsk and reportedly only decided to take the flight as a last-minute decision after being persuaded to do so by his team-mates.
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Colin Millar,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
But by that point, the banks were so overwhelmed that they could, at least in theory, be persuaded to settle for far less than they were owed.
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Paula Aceves,
Curbed,
26 June 2026
Jenna put the records up on her screen, but Nekhala had a hard time reading the documents and eventually persuaded her to send them to him.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Some commissioners were persuaded by Tuesday’s presentation to throw their support behind sticking with the existing plan to build all three facilities or going with the alternative that leaves the most of the plan intact.
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Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
Mangembo persuaded her family to call an ambulance, but her sister died in the hospital two days later.
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Emmet Livingstone,
NPR,
24 June 2026
Davis signed the group and persuaded its leader to record an album with a number of mostly younger artists.
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Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
The administration has persuaded several dozen countries to take in deportees who are not their own citizens, including African countries plagued by armed conflict, civil unrest and political turmoil, like South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Verb
Those massive market gains have persuaded stockholders to spend.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
The 26-year-old midfielder was injured for the match in Minsk and reportedly only decided to take the flight as a last-minute decision after being persuaded to do so by his team-mates.
—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
But by that point, the banks were so overwhelmed that they could, at least in theory, be persuaded to settle for far less than they were owed.
—
Paula Aceves,
Curbed,
26 June 2026
Jenna put the records up on her screen, but Nekhala had a hard time reading the documents and eventually persuaded her to send them to him.
—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Some commissioners were persuaded by Tuesday’s presentation to throw their support behind sticking with the existing plan to build all three facilities or going with the alternative that leaves the most of the plan intact.
—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
Mangembo persuaded her family to call an ambulance, but her sister died in the hospital two days later.
—
Emmet Livingstone,
NPR,
24 June 2026
Davis signed the group and persuaded its leader to record an album with a number of mostly younger artists.
—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
The administration has persuaded several dozen countries to take in deportees who are not their own citizens, including African countries plagued by armed conflict, civil unrest and political turmoil, like South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuaded
Adjective
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But not everyone is so convinced.
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After the birth of their son, Saga (Haarla) becomes convinced there is something profoundly wrong with the child, even as those around her dismiss her fears.
Verb
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Doubts about his age have emerged from time to time and, while official documents have verified his date of birth and satisfied Indian cricket’s governing body, the sceptics will not always be satisfied.
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After more than five months of picket lines, the Writers Guild won a contract that satisfied its membership.
Adjective
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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.
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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.
Adjective
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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.
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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.
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“Persuaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuaded. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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