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Recent Examples of persuadable
Harris’ advisers are making the strategic bet that her hardcore supporters have already banked their votes early where possible and that most of those inclined to back Trump aren’t persuadable.
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Philip Eliott / Detroit, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
The hunt for blocs of persuadable voters who get their news from algorithmic digital feeds has propelled presidential candidates to the studios of podcasters and social-media influencers, largely bypassing traditional media and journalistic scrutiny.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
The top deciding issue for Trump voters generally was the economy, but persuadable voters were swayed by Trump’s portrayals of Harris.
—Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
And those persuadable voters in focus in these final days of the race.
—NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Philip Eliott / Detroit, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
The hunt for blocs of persuadable voters who get their news from algorithmic digital feeds has propelled presidential candidates to the studios of podcasters and social-media influencers, largely bypassing traditional media and journalistic scrutiny.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
The top deciding issue for Trump voters generally was the economy, but persuadable voters were swayed by Trump’s portrayals of Harris.
—Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
And those persuadable voters in focus in these final days of the race.
—NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuadable
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Othello review: Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal shine in an otherwise shaky production Before long, Henry has dripped poison in Dorian's ear — warning him of his beauty's impermanence — while Basil's unchanging snapshot of his youth has evoked a bitter envy in the impressionable young man.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Since the Ratliff family first arrived at the White Lotus’ Thailand hotel, overgrown frat guy Saxon’s (Patrick Schwarzenegger) relationship with his impressionable teenage brother Lochlan (Sam Nivola) was… charged, to say the least.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
24 Mar. 2025
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Each of those words is unsophisticated alone and devastating when strung together.—
Joel Stein,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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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
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Lamar, arguably in the midst of the most incredible run in hip-hop history, appears thrice on the project and is pretty malleable, sliding seamlessly into Carti’s orbit.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
25 Mar. 2025
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But consistency has eluded Fedotov, who at 28 years old may just not be young or malleable enough to adjust his game to the best league in the world at this stage of his career.—
Kevin Kurz,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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Tranquillity, often simple but rarely simpleminded, may be Ruscha’s essential quality as an artist.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Fast forward three months and those same students watched wide-eyed as a construction crane lifted the white beam bearing their names, and those of the rest of the school community, into place on the structure.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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That resulted in a good, wide-eyed view of the night sky that was ideal for looking for details within constellations and scanning the Milky Way.—
Rich Owen,
Space.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Persuadable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuadable. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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