persuasible

Definition of persuasiblenext

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Adjective
  • This handed unsophisticated attackers a preview of what’s coming.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 June 2026
  • Still, the film has its rewards, mostly of the unsophisticated kind, since the fight sequences come fast and furious and the cheesy dialogue has enough groan-worthy one-liners to inspire a thousand drinking games.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Adjective
  • Primaries for the state's three other House seats unaffected by redrawing were held last week.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • Earlier this month, Reform UK, a right-wing populist group promoting stricter border controls, shattered any illusion that Liverpool, which since the 1980s has been associated with the left, is unaffected by political tides.
    Simon Hughes, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Adjective
  • Moving from one phase to the next requires a gate review which ensures that relevant issues in the volume manufacturing phase are considered while the design is still malleable, and can adjust to manufacturing constraints.
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • These albums are unique exercises for WiFi and his understated, malleable rapping—balancing acts for retaining his own singular style while melding with his producers’ beats.
    Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026
Adjective
  • Initially, Giles doesn’t tell Buffy and the Scoobies about any of this, preferring to conceal his rebellious youth from the impressionable youngsters.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026
  • And the most impressionable fans among his multigenerational audience are those too young to be totally engulfed by it.
    Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 3 June 2026
Adjective
  • That kindness, tenderness and childlike wonder and joy is not weakness, but power.
    Cynthia Pelayo, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
  • Along with the saints found on El Mencho’s altar, another saint embraced in narco culture is the Santo Niño of Atocha, a childlike Christ figure known as the patron saint of prisoners and those in danger, said Robert Almonte, a law enforcement trainer and consultant in San Antonio, Texas.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 7 June 2026
Adjective
  • The team overachieved this season partly because Mazzulla turned an inexperienced supporting cast into a strength.
    Jay King, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Short selling can be an intellectually demanding approach to the market, and many inexperienced traders fall into a trap, lured by overvaluation and hype.
    David Capablanca, Forbes.com, 28 May 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
  • With midterm elections six months out, members of Congress in persuadable districts are more responsive to constituent pressure than at any other point in the legislative cycle.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • As for the three-game series idea, well, Few might be persuadable.
    Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Persuasible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuasible. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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