as in to convince
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request
she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension
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At a City Hall news conference, the mayor and Chief Financial Officer Jill Jaworski addressed their March 30 deadline to persuade the school board to make a $175 million pension payment that is blowing a hole in last year’s budget.
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Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
McCafferty wasn’t persuaded by the state’s arguments, which concerned player safety and integrity of the sport.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Feb. 2025
To accomplish that, the farmers had to persuade their clients to embrace a new aesthetic: less polished and more primal, twining and frondy, founded on blossoms that might be too lush and soft to endure weeks of refrigerated storage but could be guaranteed to look and smell like nothing else.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
Western leaders in the past have tried, without success, to persuade Xi to push Putin toward a peace in line with the one advocated for by Zelensky and Ukraine.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
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Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
McCafferty wasn’t persuaded by the state’s arguments, which concerned player safety and integrity of the sport.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Feb. 2025
To accomplish that, the farmers had to persuade their clients to embrace a new aesthetic: less polished and more primal, twining and frondy, founded on blossoms that might be too lush and soft to endure weeks of refrigerated storage but could be guaranteed to look and smell like nothing else.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
Western leaders in the past have tried, without success, to persuade Xi to push Putin toward a peace in line with the one advocated for by Zelensky and Ukraine.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Persuade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuade. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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