cajolery

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Noun
  • Michelle’s entreaty, the partners were unanimously uninterested.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 22 June 2025
  • Martin's 'One Love' entreaties come from the heart, as a long-ago meeting revealed Martin seems to be the lodestar for this big love vibe.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.
    Ryan Hopper, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Finalists are prohibited from obtaining votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including, without limitation, offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • On the other side of the classroom wall giggling erupted, which rendered my exhortations futile.
    Sally Ventura June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • Those listening filled his chestnut exhortations with their unfocussed yearnings.
    Deborah Baker June 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Impressed by the senator’s blandishments, the egoistic journalist argues military strategy and then faces a moment of conscience.
    Armond White, National Review, 17 May 2023
  • People want to hear blandishments about engagement and infrastructure.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
Noun
  • In this newest cover-up, Clooney repeats his film’s original failing — its nostalgic salute to the power of electronic media suasion.
    Armond White, National Review, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Finally, the original Concert vision embraced formal deliberation and moral suasion as the key mechanism of collaborative foreign policy.
    Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Like so many of the film’s details, this seemingly innocent game indicates that the young women realize there’s an element of seduction at play, with some more aware than others of the qualities (besides singing talent) that Mácha is looking for.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 July 2025
  • The camera, a fly, roves, ending up in corners, lodging itself amid scenes of card-playing, seductions, wisecracking, and listlessness.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Taplin: In the 1970s, my dad was working in condo conversions.
    Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 14 July 2025
  • Review existing grantor trusts and evaluate them for potential conversion to non-grantor trusts to optimize charitable giving tax benefits.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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“Cajolery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cajolery. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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