Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevailed (upon)
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Industry groups such as the Federation of American Hospitals have been vocal about the threat to hospitals’ financial health and have urged Congress to extend the enhanced subsidies, which take the form of tax credits.—
Blake Farmer,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026 -
Petek also urged lawmakers to significantly address the state’s structural deficit, which would take either cutting spending or increasing tax revenues.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Simpson is a Miami target, according to 247Sports, and the Hurricanes previously convinced Ward and Beck to back out of the draft and play for UM instead.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Jan. 2026
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While Block is in the fourth grade, after his family moves from Indiana to Texas, his mother withdraws him from school, convinced that a traditional academic environment will stifle his budding writerly gifts.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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On Monday, McGarva begged California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot to step in.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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During that time, students trapped inside called 911 and begged for help, investigators found.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Jan. 2026
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Hailey began leaking amniotic fluid and had to be induced.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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This breakthrough uses induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to create a genetically identical miniature ecosystem.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Jan. 2026
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But the demonstrations are diffuse and largely leaderless, and Pezeshkian’s efforts at mediation — and the killings and arrests by security forces — have not persuaded the protesters to stay off the streets.—
Henry Austin,
NBC news,
7 Jan. 2026
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The paintings worked because viewers did not need to be persuaded that these scenes mattered.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Padres, early on, implored the mayor and City Council to remove Petco Park from the tourism wage mandate, arguing that the team is already subject to the city’s living wage ordinance, which imposes a higher wage floor than the citywide minimum wage.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Dec. 2025
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Larry Ivory, the president of the Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce, implored the commissioners in November to review their selection process for the software vendor.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Dec. 2025
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Several red states have proposed legislation modeled on California's 2023 law, which bans four food additives.—
Alan Greenblatt,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Aleshire said the development firm proposed surrendering that portion of the property months ago as a gift to the city and the two parties have been in amicable negotiations since.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Other lyrics, like one in which Blow exhorted a girl in brown to stop messin’ around, bore the stamp of the rapper himself.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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In the old days, children were exhorted to be good because God sees all.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Prevailed (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevailed%20%28upon%29. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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