persuadable

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Recent Examples of persuadable But the contest is still within the margin of error in essentially every swing contest, and there are few, if any, persuadable voters left. Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Oct. 2024 But there is a bigger share of these persuadable voters who are trying to decide between a third-party or writing in or just staying home. Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024 The point is to reach voters who may not be paying attention or are still persuadable. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024 The network said the town halls will take place before a live audience of persuadable and undecided voters from Pennsylvania. Brian Stelter, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for persuadable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuadable
Adjective
  • After the talk, he was approached by a graduate student named Ian Mertz, who’d fallen in love with catalytic computing five years earlier after learning about it as an impressionable young undergrad.
    Ben Brubaker, Wired News, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Pandemics corrode citizens' faith in government — especially, and not surprisingly, among impressionable young people.
    Erin Doherty, Axios, 9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Each of those words is unsophisticated alone and devastating when strung together.
    Joel Stein, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Ertz and Gesicki are likely to want to play for contenders, while Conklin and Johnson will look to cash in on a fairly unsophisticated market.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The researchers propose to address the problem by replacing some copper components in an EV with aluminum, which has similar conducting properties as copper and is equally malleable.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The malleable metal is widely used in construction and manufacturing and has essential purposes for electronics, energy and defense.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Determined to reconnect with the childlike joy of making music, Seavey aimed to create something fun and meaningful.
    Kristen Wisneski, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2025
  • There’s this very childlike quality to him.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Tranquillity, often simple but rarely simpleminded, may be Ruscha’s essential quality as an artist.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • But in general election terms, impeachment is a boon for the Democrats, which is why McCarthy is desperately trying to slow-walk these simpleminded drives for vengeance.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 7 July 2023
Adjective
  • The deep division is not due to a lack of effort or diligence but rather a sincere adherence to our individual principles and moral convictions.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Defenders of academic freedom — some of them sincere — have howled that the university is bending the knee to Donald Trump.
    The Editors, National Review, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • While there are countless superhero stories flooding the TV landscape, Emma Moran's Extraordinary soars with its down-to-earth, Boys-esque twist, where being a hero isn't all it's cracked up to be and unworldly abilities aren't just devices for destruction.
    Alex Galbraith, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Buruma, who excels at setting a rather unworldly man in the public life of his time, describes how, in 1672, a mob in The Hague lynched Johan and Cornelis de Witt, brothers who had led the Netherlands’ liberal regime during what is now remembered as the Dutch Golden Age.
    Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • When reports of Sada Baby’s arrest emerged, the rapper’s wide-eyed mug shot quickly went viral on social media.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
  • In another legend, the monk was said to have cut off his eyelids to avoid falling asleep during his meditation, one explanation for the doll’s wide-eyed stare.
    Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Persuadable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuadable. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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