as in effectiveness
the capacity to persuade
the persuasiveness of her closing statement changed the minds of several jurors who had been leaning toward conviction
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Noun
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In her conversations with Damien Allen, a 22-year-old arrested in April by Florida authorities for planning a mass shooting, Rupnow often spoke of the two of them in romantic terms.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025 -
More than 500 wildfires were burning out of control in Canada, authorities there said, and around 81 million people in the US were under air quality alerts.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When price action diverges consistently from headline strength, something underneath is shifting.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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His strength is running in behind — sprinting into the channels between full-back and centre-half, racing onto through balls to go one-on-one with the goalkeeper.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Persuasiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuasiveness. Accessed 13 Aug. 2025.
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