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to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request
she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension
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Recent Examples of persuaded
Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Neither leader elaborated on what persuaded them about the possibility of peace in Europe’s longest conflict since World War II.
—Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Neither leader elaborated on what persuaded them about the possibility of peace in Europe’s longest conflict since World War II.
—Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
In late 2021, Fahim’s mother persuaded a friend who was one of the owners of Pence Wealth Management in Newport beach to give Fahim a job, according to court filings.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
The Russian president even persuaded the American president to ask the Ukrainian president for a one-day cease-fire.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
Historically, Angelenos didn’t need to be persuaded to ride the train.
—Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
But the price was worth it for Bischofberger, who persuaded Warhol to give him right of first refusal for his art, a stipulation that the artist upheld until his death in 1987.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 May 2026
And research illustrates that agents can be easily tricked into bad behavior, such as overcorrecting when told not to do something, being persuaded by human appeals to urgency and simple manipulation tricks.
—Nigel Melville, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
Verb
But authorities weren't persuaded.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Neither leader elaborated on what persuaded them about the possibility of peace in Europe’s longest conflict since World War II.
—Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Neither leader elaborated on what persuaded them about the possibility of peace in Europe’s longest conflict since World War II.
—Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
In late 2021, Fahim’s mother persuaded a friend who was one of the owners of Pence Wealth Management in Newport beach to give Fahim a job, according to court filings.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
The Russian president even persuaded the American president to ask the Ukrainian president for a one-day cease-fire.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
Historically, Angelenos didn’t need to be persuaded to ride the train.
—Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
But the price was worth it for Bischofberger, who persuaded Warhol to give him right of first refusal for his art, a stipulation that the artist upheld until his death in 1987.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 May 2026
And research illustrates that agents can be easily tricked into bad behavior, such as overcorrecting when told not to do something, being persuaded by human appeals to urgency and simple manipulation tricks.
—Nigel Melville, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuaded
Adjective
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No one's really convinced that either the parties have an answer here.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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More than 100 days after Guthrie vanished, authorities have not publicly identified a suspect or announced an arrest, but Nanos says investigators remain convinced the case can still be solved.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Personals like this one may feel like a relic—Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji, New York’s mayor and his wife, met on Hinge, after all—but love and lust have been satisfied by column inches since the 1800s.—
Zara Meerza,
Air Mail,
2 May 2026
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State court records show Blueprint satisfied the judgment by last April.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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As fans stood for the opening run, a sprawling 23-piece backing ensemble — including six band members, eight backing vocalists plus returning Church muse Joanna Cotten, and a mini-orchestra with four horns and four strings — some swayed.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Last year, 30 percent of lefties were pronator-biased (and therefore more predisposed to throwing a good non-splitter changeup) versus 26 percent of righties.—
Eno Sarris,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Oracles are by their nature enigmatic, obscure, gnomic, a mode that the aleatory perambulations of the Eureka engine would seem predisposed toward producing, but narrative also has a venerable tradition of being mechanically generated, despite the seeming complexity of plot.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Persuaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuaded. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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