PREVAILED (UPON) Synonyms: 42 Similar Words

prevailed (upon)

verb

past tense of prevail (upon)

as in urged

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During a meeting with French bishops on Sunday morning, Leo praised their response to victims and urged them to continue.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
During a meeting with French bishops Sunday morning, Leo praised their response to victims and urged them to continue.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of urged

Verb

The wine industry has largely convinced itself that faster, cheaper, and easier is the path to a better product.

— Peter Hahn, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
Damion is convinced that Julia’s sudden inheritance is a mistake, and their rivalry only gets more complicated when romantic feelings start to arise.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of convinced

Verb

His life trajectory changed when one client, a woman in her 50s, tired of staring at the stark white demarcation line every three weeks, begged him to take her gray.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Sep. 2026
Her husband hurriedly shut the door and begged her to see a doctor for a tranquilizer prescription.

— Elvira Navarro, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of begged

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The strongest El Niño event in recorded is history is likely by most if not all metrics, including the Relative Oceanic Niño Index, which accounts for climate change induced warming in the calculations.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Alcantara induced flyouts from the first two batters in the ninth inning before walking Lars Nootbar.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of induced

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The scammers effectively isolated her and persuaded her not to communicate with anyone who might have interrupted the scheme.

— Angela Ramos, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
In other business, Planning and Development Director Tom Cherry persuaded the RDC to postpone seeking bids for demolition of the former Garyton School, a costly endeavor.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of persuaded

Verb

In his speech, Abbas once again implored the international community to take more vigorous action and speak out more loudly against Israel.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
In her first week at Spelman College in Atlanta, one of Harris’ teachers implored her to switch from medicine to a political science track.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of implored

Verb

The parties’ local branches instead proposed that future Holocaust commemorations should be kept at the town’s memorial site at its northern cemetery, German media report.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
To break the chains of infections stemming from contaminated needles, Soqo has proposed supplying thousands of sterile needles and syringes to communities of methamphetamine users.

— David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of proposed

Verb

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

Definition of exhorted

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