persuadable

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Recent Examples of persuadable All eyes are now on a handful of states expected to see razor-thin vote margins, likely to be determined by a small but crucial pool of persuadable voters. Rob Wile, NBC News, 24 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 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 To that end, both sides are racing to define her for persuadable voters in battleground states. Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for persuadable 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuadable
Adjective
  • But the inescapable truth is that Nino’s charms are irresistible for a young and impressionable mind (even sometimes a developed and sophisticated one).
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The modern tendency to use callbacks in place of original storytelling is a blight—what should be fun little references used sparingly have become ugly crutches used to excite impressionable social media users.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Celebrities who become enamored with cryptocurrency and try to become entrepreneurs tend to end up losing money for their unsophisticated fans.
    Brady Dale, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Critical infrastructure organizations, including hospitals and water systems, are being bombarded with unsophisticated but debilitating cyberattacks.
    Maria Curi, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Payrolls are the most malleable line item in this regard.
    Ivan Illan, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Some wealthy individuals and groups have proposed and supported anti-fossil fuel company litigation to malleable state attorney generals in the hope that one or more of the lawsuits will help cripple the companies.
    Ed Hirs, Forbes, 14 Oct. 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
  • Despite meeting more than 10 external leaders, the CEO ultimately promoted their operations director due to a long-standing, trusting relationship and the internal candidate’s sincere enthusiasm for the role.
    Gina Riley, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • This sort of sincere interest in the aspirations and struggles of others is where Mr. Walz truly excels.
    Keenan Robbins, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 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
  • Scenes from storybooks and movies come alive, inviting us to throw away the itinerary and be wide-eyed children again.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The common thread connecting these projects and Chisholm’s other work is the sense of wide-eyed discovery that inspires his work.
    Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

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

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