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as in believing
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as in persuaded
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as in satisfied
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests
we convinced him to keep silent about our activities until we could spring the surprise
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Recent Examples of convinced
Elizabeth Tsurkov, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
At this point, Anna becomes convinced that Lexy/Catherine is the murderer seeking revenge.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Triolet isn’t convinced conversions are simply that easy.
—Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
Even as facial recognition has become more widespread, researchers remain convinced of its dangers.
—Emily Wanderer, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
Even as facial recognition has become more widespread, researchers remain convinced of its dangers.
—Emily Wanderer, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
Commenters under the post weren’t as convinced.
—Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
However, the Nvidia CEO has been less convinced of the immediate effects AI could have on the work schedule.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026
Disconcerted by the apartment’s elderly tenants and their overt interest in her pregnancy, Rosemary soon becomes convinced that her neighbors are using her as a Satanic surrogate and intend to include her unborn child in their demonic rituals.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
But Weber was always convinced that what his apparatuses were seeing was a real signal.
—Big Think, 7 Nov. 2025
Neither is convinced by Nixon’s denials of wrongdoing during Watergate.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
However the streamers see it, some producers aren’t convinced the measures will go far enough.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Nick Offerman plays sovereign citizen Jerry Kane, who's convinced the US government has no hold on him as a free man.
—PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
Not everyone is convinced that remote and hybrid work schedules are a significant factor in the decision to have a family.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Second, some of those same victims would allegedly be contacted later and convinced that they’d mistakenly been given a refund and needed to pay the money back.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Halbach's family members told PEOPLE that they are convinced of Avery's guilt, however.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The men, wearing dark civilian clothes and balaclavas, seemed convinced that these unfamiliar fillings posed a threat to their operational security.
—Verb
After tumbling from a 50-foot height, Dan Aykroyd walked away convinced that a higher power had caught him.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for convinced
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The non-believing partner may start to emotionally withdraw from the other, purely out of self-preservation.—
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But the demonstrations are diffuse and largely leaderless, and Pezeshkian’s efforts at mediation — and the killings and arrests by security forces — have not persuaded the protesters to stay off the streets.—
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The paintings worked because viewers did not need to be persuaded that these scenes mattered.—
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The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with less knowledge or skill feel overly confident.—
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On a crucial third-and-10 just inside field goal range, Beck was confident with his pass to Marion to get well within range.—
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This was clearly an audience satisfied with the show, but the reviews were oddly negative.—
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Gross satisfied an itch with his move to Dortmund, playing in the Champions League across 66 appearances, which included a goal and 15 assists, but Brighton is his spiritual home.—
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Oddsmakers aren't so sure, making the white-hot and fifth-seeded Texans (12-5) the early favorite even though Houston has never won a road playoff game in its 24-year history.—
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Among the options were rib meat, pork, beef, chicken, no meat, and not sure, the lawyers wrote in the lawsuit.—
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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.—
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Business executives, at least some, are less swayed by the hype and more level-headed about the costs and benefits of using AI.—
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Playing Queen Charlotte brought her presence back to film following the height of her television fame with Prime Suspect.—
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Now, Letts has brought Coon back to Broadway with the Main Stem debut of his 1996 play Bug, a skin-crawling portrayal of people on the fringes.—
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Considering how well pitchers like Merrill Kelly and Erick Fedde have performed since taking a break from the majors and heading overseas to rebuild, teams should be more accepting of Griffin's journey and trust his results more than in years past.—
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To encourage Americans to be more accepting of Italian immigrants.—
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“Convinced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convinced. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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