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as in affected
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response
how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, "Please take me home with you?"
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as in lurched
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous
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as in ruled
archaic
to exercise authority or power over
an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world
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Recent Examples of swayed
Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
Business executives, at least some, are less swayed by the hype and more level-headed about the costs and benefits of using AI.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Abraham Rutchick, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Many in the crowd of nearly 200 people clapped to the tempo and swayed to the beat.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
One man scooped up his little boy in his arms and swayed to the music as church members sang Amazing Grace.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2025
Los Angeles has the venerable Griffith Observatory, the scene of James Dean's knife fight in 1955's Rebel Without A Cause and where swooning lovers swayed among stars in 2016's La La Land.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
The White House issued a statement in response to the decision suggesting the committee had been swayed by politics.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Each loss will only increase the noise that a coaching reset is needed, but Bisciotti has shown that he won’t be heavily swayed by outside opinion.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
As the two hugged, Erbert Hough flashed a strip of sonogram photos at the camera as the couple smiled and swayed in the sunlight.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
But the other people who live nearby may not be so easily swayed by those adorable puppy dog eyes or precious purrs and might get very irritated.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
When betting on a startup’s future potential, Graham is typically more swayed by his impression of its founders than the idea behind their business, the co-founder of startup accelerator Y Combinator wrote in a series of posts on social media platform X on August 10.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
Business executives, at least some, are less swayed by the hype and more level-headed about the costs and benefits of using AI.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
What matters is signaling one isn’t listening and won’t be swayed.
—Abraham Rutchick, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Many in the crowd of nearly 200 people clapped to the tempo and swayed to the beat.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
One man scooped up his little boy in his arms and swayed to the music as church members sang Amazing Grace.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2025
Los Angeles has the venerable Griffith Observatory, the scene of James Dean's knife fight in 1955's Rebel Without A Cause and where swooning lovers swayed among stars in 2016's La La Land.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
The White House issued a statement in response to the decision suggesting the committee had been swayed by politics.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Each loss will only increase the noise that a coaching reset is needed, but Bisciotti has shown that he won’t be heavily swayed by outside opinion.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
As the two hugged, Erbert Hough flashed a strip of sonogram photos at the camera as the couple smiled and swayed in the sunlight.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
But the other people who live nearby may not be so easily swayed by those adorable puppy dog eyes or precious purrs and might get very irritated.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swayed
Verb
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Old practices for the construction of hill houses influenced the design.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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Ira's sister, Rosa, had moved to Hill County and influenced her brother's decision to go there.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hollywood lurched into a fresh wave of existential panic this week after Deadline, notating an otherwise dry industry panel on Saturday, September 27, seized on a stray remark.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
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The escalator lurched to a halt just after the pair got on.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But from the outside, this level of cultish reverence for a rock band in 2025 feels both new and nostalgic, harkening back to the days when such bands ruled the world.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers' baserunners were left confused about how it was ruled.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And 11% say that social media use has negatively affected their schoolwork.—
NPR,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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Snow accumulations may be affected by diurnal trends and sun angle.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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D’Angelo’s death has rocked fans and fellow artists, but nobody is feeling the weight of this grief more than his children.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Mass protests in Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines in recent years have also rocked South and Southeast Asia as young people fight against poverty and corruption.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The case will move into a lengthy pretrial phase governed by the Classified Information Procedures Act, as prosecutors and defense lawyers battle over how to handle sensitive evidence.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Port allocations aren’t governed by the kind of federal rules that regulate airport dollars.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Others, though, are less convinced.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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His brother became convinced that Scott had been the victim of a hate crime.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Red Sox brass were impressed enough to promote him to Single-A ball at age 18.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The 19-year-old has impressed with his feel for attacking angles and making more advanced floor reads.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Swayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swayed. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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