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verb

past tense of convince

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Recent Examples of convinced
Verb
But now Miami would have to be convinced of bringing in the 31-year-old Beal, who, by picking up his $57 million player option for 2026-27, is still owed $110 million for two seasons after this one. Zach Harper, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025 Once and for all, you will be convinced that ranch and pickles are the perfect pairing. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025 But since 2023, many users have convinced themselves that the billionaire is masquerading as this now-prominent influencer, using a pseudonymous identity to sing his own praises. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025 California teacher Harriet Glickman had encouraged and eventually convinced Schulz to create a Black character after King’s assassination. Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025 Not a fan of open-concept homes, but still not convinced that closed, individual rooms are the way to go? Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2025 For his part, Drew wasn't convinced. Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024 Still not convinced the puffer is for you? Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024 Martin promised to rewrite the song, but Tom Drake — who played Garland’s love interest — convinced him not to scrap it. Victoria Edel, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convinced
Verb
  • Borges also persuaded the detective ultimately responsible for Muller’s arrest, Misty Carausu, to come.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Ivana persuaded him to drop his matching plum-colored suits and shoes back in the late ‘70s.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The guard is one of the more clutch players in the league so if the game gets tight toward the end, Denver feels confident with Murray on the court.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • However, markets are confident that the FOMC will cut interest rates by June 18 giving a 78% chance that interest rates are below their current level of 4.25% to 4.5% by then according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
    Simon Moore, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In one of Saturday’s upsets sure to bust more than a few brackets, No. 10-seed Arkansas took down No. 2 St. John’s 75-66.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The chaos of disinformation, the constant noise in public life, rule of law disappearing, the beginnings of fear, the worry about communications privacy, and much else are the sure signs.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The king of kvetch and a droll master of everyday existential lament, the comedian and actor brought an actor’s intensity to his comedy, and a comic’s timing and pacing to every acting gig.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Following these revelations, last week brought the news that Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, a George Mason University freshman, was charged by federal prosecutors for plotting an attack on the Israeli consulate in New York.
    The Editors, National Review, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Teens are more accepting of using ChatGPT for research (54%) than for writing essays (18%) or solving math problems (29%).
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • That’s because younger companies tend to be more accepting of remote work than older, more entrenched ones.
    Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The tiresome, overconfident Musk finished second (29.3 percent), while an endless, if barely audible, drumbeat for Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle series was enough to earn the duchess third place (12.7 percent).
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Balance enthusiasm with professionalism by showing energy without appearing desperate or overconfident.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Snapchat gotcha: Feds are sending people to prison after snaps show gangs, guns, ammo How widespread are these scams The scammers targeting elderly people in Western Pennsylvania represent just a fraction of the fraudsters targeting unsuspecting grandparents nationwide.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
  • TikTok is flooded with videos, many of which have amassed hundreds of thousands of views, where servers are recruited to prank unsuspecting customers by taking their food away in the middle of their meal.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Their unquestioning, immovable fealty is frightening.
    Neil A. Grauer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2024
  • If Trump’s party was no longer delivering wins, then maybe his opponents didn’t need to show him such unquestioning loyalty.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023

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“Convinced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convinced. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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