prevailed (upon)

verb

past tense of prevail (upon)
as in urged

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevailed (upon)
  1. urged
  2. convinced
  3. begged
  4. induced
  5. persuaded
  6. implored
  7. proposed
  8. exhorted
Verb
  • Anyone who knows more about the crash, or who has information on the vehicle police seized, was urged to contact Menifee PD at 951-723-1500.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In the filing, the Justice Department urged the appeals court to reverse the Tennessee federal judge’s ruling dismissing criminal charges against Abrego Garcia.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of urged
Verb
  • Sanft focused the first day of testimony on questioning the thoroughness of the work of investigators in the three decades-old case, saying he’s not convinced Tupac Shakur’s murder will ever be solved.
    — Aditi Sangal, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • One-third of the students still can't be convinced because a pitch can't outrun the job.
    — Gregg Mojica, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of convinced
Verb
  • In 2020, it was set to be bulldozed, until Mowery begged to give her three months.
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Still, Harbaugh was encouraged that at the end of Thursday’s marathon practice, his players actually begged him for one extra play in the red zone.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of begged
Verb
  • The main thing to know is an athlete cannot be induced to transfer for athletic purposes.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But fewer of us recall the nightmares induced by Return to Oz (1985), Disney’s loopy and genuinely frightening stab at a sequel.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of induced
Verb
  • Paramount was among the companies that persuaded the state to make film credits refundable starting last year.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
  • For one, primary elections often have many more undecided voters, and people pay much less attention to the races — meaning those who have not made up their minds headed into election day can be easily persuaded.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of persuaded
Verb
  • To sleuth out who the culprits are, Murashige lends on the extra-sharp deductive skills of Kanbei, who implored for death rather than imprisonment.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Mullin implored governors to work with the department to help achieve that goal.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of implored
Verb
  • That proposed financial penalty is nearly as much as Meta’s total valuation on Wall Street.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The defense proposed placing him on house arrest with an ankle monitor under the supervision of Fulton County Pretrial Services.
    — CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of proposed
Verb
  • At Sunday's service, the first since the expiry of TPS protections, Toussaint exhorted his congregants to persevere.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In 2009, fearing a far-right resurgence, Tony Judt exhorted a recovery of the social-democratic ethos that had guided postwar Europe.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Definition of exhorted
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