persuadable

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Recent Examples of persuadable Still, Trump kept Republicans nervous by mixing in messages of grievance up until the very end of the race, veering off a script on inflation and immigration that operatives believed was more effective in winning over persuadable voters. Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2024 The two candidates and their top allies are blanketing those states and spending more than $1 billion on ads, largely aimed at winning over the final slice of persuadable voters who make up about 5% of the electorate. Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024 The big picture: The Harris campaign sent in the big guns — Obama, a president with a fan base, one who has won this state — to drive blue and persuadable voters to the polls. Alexandria Sands, Axios, 26 Oct. 2024 The campaign’s data drove its decision to invest in advertising time during Fox News’ daytime programming, when more women are watching than in the evening, when opinion hosts draw an audience that skews male and less persuadable. New York Times, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for persuadable 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuadable
Adjective
  • There’s also a fair amount of concern at play, both for celebrities' health as well as their impressionable fans who might view the bodies of their favorite stars as an aspirational goal post.
    Ella Cerón, Allure, 6 Dec. 2024
  • What happens when an impressionable child sees Santa Claus kissing his mom’s lower lips on Christmas Eve?
    Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • For anyone who thinks a pair of headphones aimed at drummers might be a bit unsophisticated and possibly a little brutal, nothing could be further from the truth.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Initially hesitant to accept her help, Chadwick warms to his TA thanks to her anxious but dedicated work ethic, as well as her flare for debate — a notable turn from the somewhat unsophisticated nature of Ronald’s relationship with Cecile in the 1999 film.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • So ingredients like fat especially really keeps sugar malleable.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The Bene Gesserit are no doubt banking on that future heir to be favorably malleable.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Trending Viewed together, these works carry a distinctly childlike sense of play, accompanied by a kind of urgent primacy.
    Keegan Brady, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2023
  • The #nofilter Moussa can be disarmingly childlike and offensively straightforward, and Bouajila plays him like a zombie who’s been injected with too much truth serum.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022
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
  • Be quick to celebrate moments of achievement and display sincere concern when associates are in pain.
    Chip Bell, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Those films are energized by a sense of sincere and fervent curiosity.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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
  • Its jokes are profound, its wisdom ridiculous, its irreverence wide-eyed and irresistible.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The cast nails their roles, but the true scene-stealer is Jeronicus’ finest achievement: the little robot Buddy 3000, a wide-eyed cutie who can walk, talk, fly, and get into trouble.
    EW.com, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024

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“Persuadable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuadable. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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