prevail (upon)

verb

Definition of prevail (upon)next
as in to talk (into)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevail (upon)
  1. beg
  2. urge
  3. induce
  4. persuade
  5. convince
  6. implore
  7. recommend
  8. encourage
Verb
  • Holes left lying around for even the most slothful of AI are just begging for an easy AI escape.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Nobody begs Hollywood studios to cut blockbuster movie budgets so smaller productions have a better shot at the box office.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of beg
Verb
  • In June, the New Jersey attorney general filed a lawsuit against the site’s operator, The GEO Group, urging a court to close the facility until the state could inspect it over longstanding allegations of inhumane conditions.
    — Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • On Semafor’s Mixed Signals podcast in July, former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy reflected on whether the Biden administration took the right approach to public health communication by urging the tech platforms to regulate health misinformation.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of urge
Verb
  • The advisers voted 7-6 against including the sleep-inducing peptide emideltide.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • For younger survivors, breast cancer treatments could induce menopause by temporarily or permanently disrupting ovarian function.
    — Versha Pleasant, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
Definition of induce
Verb
  • Ted was genuinely out of his depth, the conflicts felt earned, and the show still had to persuade audiences that its relentless optimism wasn’t naïve.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The research body also found that as part of the same effort, the agent tried to contact real people directly, sending messages and files to persuade them to run malicious code.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of persuade
Verb
  • From there, the episode’s mommy-issues plot thickens as the real Alicent does show up at Harrenhal and Alys tries (and fails) to convince Aemond his mother is not there to help him.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Reports suggest Torres feels unappreciated and has been convinced by Luis Enrique to move to the French capital.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of convince
Verb
  • Mullin implored governors to work with the department to help achieve that goal.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • And this was the exact type of situation that I had been emphatically implored to avoid by the Polish detective who told us to head for the Georgian-Turkish border.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 July 2026
Definition of implore
Verb
  • The legislative report recommended the governor establish a job for someone to work among and between state agencies and independent commissions to direct the state’s wildlife connectivity projects.
    — Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In the short term, the department recommends neighborhoods find ways to use their parks, just as Villa Heights did.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of recommend
Verb
  • Boundless San Francisco, which encourages out-of-the-box ideas, echoes the venture capital ethos, Crankstart Chief Executive Officer Missy Narula said.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The communication drills are intended to encourage first-line fighters to be more self-reliant and effective in battle, experts say.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of encourage
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