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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
Henry Austin, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
The paintings worked because viewers did not need to be persuaded that these scenes mattered.
—Philip Martin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
If so, the President didn’t exactly sound persuaded.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
Samuels, a veteran of the current Department of Education set up, may have persuaded Mamdani to change his view.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026
Tranter persuaded them to start writing.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
Kitchen, according to court records, persuaded Uhlfelder to bring on a third lawyer, Marie Mattox, who had expertise in government litigation.
—Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
And the grid, for now, can be persuaded to bend.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
The Running Point actress was spotted shopping for holiday presents last December with a hands-free bag strapped across her body, and just one 12-second TikTok clip persuaded us to dole out some change on a purse that’s just like hers.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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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Adjective
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The men, wearing dark civilian clothes and balaclavas, seemed convinced that these unfamiliar fillings posed a threat to their operational security.—
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At this point, Anna becomes convinced that Lexy/Catherine is the murderer seeking revenge.—
Verb
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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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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.—
Adjective
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Are older pop fans more predisposed to embrace The Life of a Showgirl than younger ones?—
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In that environment, incomplete or out-of-context information is often snipped, packaged to fit predisposed narratives and then rapidly amplified across text, short-form video or audio content.—
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“Persuaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuaded. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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