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Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuasible
Adjective
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But Betancourt’s classmates found his take prudish and unsophisticated.—
Jake Nevins,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025 -
The accelerating expansion of China’s nuclear arsenal suggests that its leaders have recently decided that its historically small and unsophisticated capabilities were insufficient for Beijing’s needs and ambitions.—
Abraham M. Denmark,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Nov. 2021
Adjective
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Powell repeatedly has said the Fed is unaffected by political factors.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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Smaller cruise lines that regularly dock in Nice or anchor in the bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer including Sea Cloud Cruises, Windstar, and Atlas Ocean Voyages remain unaffected.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For the past sixteen years, the vocal ensemble has proved that the voice is as versatile and malleable as any other instrument, if not more so.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Rather than monolithic legacy systems that have preset functionalities, businesses today are looking for malleable systems—ones that can be built, customized and even deconstructed as needs evolve.—
Sabeer Nelliparamban,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Simply pushing one’s beliefs onto impressionable young people isn’t a good teaching method.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
31 Dec. 2024
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As the pommel horse specialist maneuvered his way through his routine and secured the bronze medal for the U.S. men’s gymnastics team — the first team medal for the U.S. men since 2008 — the impressionable, young male gymnasts at Sterling Gym watched on TV.—
Audrey Snyder,
The Athletic,
2 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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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Meanwhile, the tampering accusation, which got the bulk of the headlines, feels like a distraction from the real issue.—
Stewart Mandel,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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There is a real wild card factor this year with the L.A. wildfires having caused the Academy to extend the voting deadline twice, giving voters five full extra days.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The premise is simple: A proud dad gets his old band back together to play a song at his daughter’s wedding, only for the group to bash out an early Eighties-style hardcore song, replete with diatribes about Ronald Reagan and white picket fences, all while destroying the venue.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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Organize your ideas with the timeless power of the triad—three points are simple, memorable, and impactful.—
Martin Gutmann,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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