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as in proponent
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Recent Examples of persuader
Foster has always been an innovator, a persuader and a networker.
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George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuader
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Simonds is a proponent of patterned wallpaper, statement lighting, colorful tile, and more.—
Amanda Sims,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2025
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Now Guillermo del Toro — cinema’s biggest proponent of big-screen fantasy — has completed his two-and-a-half-hour version, an epic adaptation with a blockbuster budget, a stamp of auteurship, and decades spent ruminating on the relevance of Shelley’s text in the modern era.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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Jeff Hoffman has been both a carrying force and anxiety inducer at times this year.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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To commit the killings, the doctor allegedly administered an anesthetic inducer and a muscle relaxant to his patients without their knowledge or consent, according to prosecutors.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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In the article, Roufus criticized promoters who were focused on profits and lacked the experience to safely sponsor fights.—
Cleo Krejci,
jsonline.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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As promoters hit him up to bring Experts Only from Los Angeles to Japan, the final goal of his new empire is to throw parties without even playing at them.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Juarez, who was never charged by the feds, has long been a fierce advocate for Chretien’s company.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Today, scientists, influencers, advocates and politicians are publicly condemning ultraprocessed foods.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Business leaders and boosters—if not the public library’s archivist—thought rumors and legends and sub-cellars, basements, coal chutes, and other subterranean utility spaces made for a marketable product.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Oct. 2025
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The school needs a coach who can convince boosters to compete for better football players while, more importantly, maximizing the talent on the roster.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Grand Blanc attack was mentioned briefly on Saturday, Oct 4, at the start of the two-day conference by Elder Gary Stevenson, one of 12 apostles who help lead the church's 17.5 million members worldwide, almost 47,000 of them in Michigan.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Nelson served as an apostle beginning in 1984 and became the church's leader in 2018.—
Mitch Picasso,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Women also played a dominant role in the 1999 student protests in Tehran, sparked by the shutdown of a reformist newspaper.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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Another, who could be Japan’s youngest postwar prime minister, bills himself as a moderate reformist.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Many of the president’s supporters have backed his moves to combat drug trade in the region, however, some Republicans, including Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, as well as many Democrats, have expressed concern over the president’s unilateral decisions.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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America’s farmers are among the president’s most dependable supporters.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Persuader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuader. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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