PREVAILED (UPON) Synonyms: 42 Similar Words

prevailed (upon)

verb

past tense of prevail (upon)

as in urged

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Residents and visitors have been urged to closely monitor the weather and the watches or warnings as Lowell approaches the islands, the hurricane center said.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2026
Ahmed Abdullahi, chair of the Council of Governors, last week urged nurses to call off their strike and give the government time for negotiations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

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Ultimately, what convinced many of her colleagues was the reassurance that citizens would not have decisional power; the parliament had a duty to consider their recommendations but could decide not to adopt them.

— Esther King, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026
Kim, who is a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, also said he was not convinced Republicans would work with Democrats next year to roll back or delay the scheduled Medicaid cuts.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of convinced

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It’s well known that psychedelics such as LSD can spark psychotic breaks, but meditation can produce altered states of consciousness almost as powerful as those induced by psychedelics.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Ballmer built it as his monument to legitimacy, but its enormous halo scoreboard was constructed by Daktronics, one of the four team partners investigators found was induced to pay Leonard.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of induced

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His comments come seven months after Tiley proposed a move in the opposite direction by suggesting that best-of-five-set matches be introduced in the women’s competition at the Australian Open from the quarter-finals onwards.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The team also proposed combining naval guns with electronic warfare and laser defenses.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of proposed

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The ringleader of it all was a 22-year-old rookie who hugged and high-fived his new fans and exhorted them to get louder.

— Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
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

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