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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
  • 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
  • Borges also persuaded the detective ultimately responsible for Muller’s arrest, Misty Carausu, to come.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The surgeons, however, were confident about the procedure for the four-time PGA Tour winner.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The survey showed 73% of chief executives surveyed were confident in their company growth prospects, compared to 70% in September and to 64% in January last year.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • If no one was injured then sure, no cover is needed.
    Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • One thing is for sure—your ex-friends are obsessed with you.
    Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 24 Jan. 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
  • He was brought here to be a difference maker, brought here with the same kind of Hail Mary the Jets once threw at another aging Green Bay quarterback named Favre.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • At the sanitarium, many soldiers who fought in the Soviet incursion into Afghanistan or the wars in Chechnya said Russian society has become more accepting of veterans than in previous conflicts.
    Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In certain sports, people are much more skeptical and far less accepting of variations among women athletes.
    Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • We Below Deck fans are truly blessed with no shortage of overconfident stews to stir up drama.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Oren — handsome, overconfident — was an obvious contender.
    James D. Walsh, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Immediately after catching the deep ball, Jokic blindly flipped the ball back over his head into open space, past the two unsuspecting Heat players.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
  • These crude loops of wire or cable are set by poachers along game trails and near water sources, where unsuspecting game is bound to pass through.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 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 30 Jan. 2025.

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