persuasible

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Adjective
  • This sort of behavior is childish and unsophisticated.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
  • And Blackstone is not an unsophisticated hotel owner.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • This survival strategy has, coincidentally, resulted in some strains of bacteria being unaffected by certain antibiotics, drugs that trace their origins to natural compounds.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The westbound lanes are unaffected.
    Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • An avatar state—fluent, tireless, and perfectly malleable—would simulate deliberation but without consequence.
    Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The art of filigree inlay, recognized as an intangible cultural heritage in 2008, is arguably one of the most labor-intensive yet infinitely playful techniques in the Eight Great Traditional Chinese Metalworking Crafts repertoire, allowing for the full exploration of gold’s malleable nature.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 12 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Spencer stars as the object of affection for Sid, an impressionable teenager played by newcomer Ani Palmer.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Particularly impressionable to her at the time were Dirty Dancing (spurring her to take ballroom dancing lessons) and Prince’s Purple Rain — both projected on a simple white sheet in a makeshift viewing room.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Seated with his fellow rotation mates on a plastic chair behind a row of cameras, Skubal looked on with a childlike twinkle in his eye.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • But Kelly can’t summon interior weight, so the breakdown reads as wooden and childlike rather than wrenching.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The president has directed the department to pursue his personal enemies and has replaced career DOJ employees with inexperienced MAGA loyalists, sometimes to the detriment of his own agenda.
    Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Even on a good day, the area is not for the inexperienced.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Tranquillity, often simple but rarely simpleminded, may be Ruscha’s essential quality as an artist.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • But in general election terms, impeachment is a boon for the Democrats, which is why McCarthy is desperately trying to slow-walk these simpleminded drives for vengeance.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 7 July 2023
Adjective
  • Would Democrats be better served by running more moderate candidates to court persuadable swing voters?
    Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The steady drumbeat of imagery out of Minnesota is persuading the last few persuadable voters that this deportation campaign has gone too far.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Persuasible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuasible. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.

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