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Recent Examples of spellbinder
William Jennings Bryan, the evangelical spellbinder from Nebraska, argued in the 1896 presidential election that McKinley Republicans were the party of corporate power, corporate subsidies, and the gold standard.
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Brenda Wineapple, New Republic, 21 Dec. 2017
This performance was, more often than not, a spellbinder.
—Richard S. Ginell, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2017
Brenda Wineapple, New Republic, 21 Dec. 2017
This performance was, more often than not, a spellbinder.
—Richard S. Ginell, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spellbinder
Noun
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Conley is a rhetorician who researches how cultural influences shape our everyday habits, preferences, biases and desires, particularly in the area of food and taste.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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And, to be fair, inside the Fiserv Forum, the consummate rhetoricians were men of color—Byron Donalds, Wesley Hunt, Vivek Ramaswamy, and, the most fervent of all, Lorenzo Sewell, a pastor from Detroit.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
25 July 2024
Noun
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And he can’t be described as a persuasive orator.—
Ian Parker,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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This year’s theme is centered around orator and scholar Frederick Douglass.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
29 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And a piece of history went missing when neon burned out and was abandoned, said Chris Geddes, a lecturer in the University of Colorado Denver’s historic preservation graduate program and a historic preservation specialist in Aurora.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2026
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Asha Rangappa, a Yale University senior lecturer and former FBI special agent, said one of CRS's most important contributions was in building trust between local communities, police and federal law enforcement.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Spellbinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spellbinder. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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