as in to persuade
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests
we convinced him to keep silent about our activities until we could spring the surprise
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Recent Examples of convince
And yet interest rate traders are 100% convinced a cut is coming at the Fed’s next meeting.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
But convincing risk-averse regulators to approve data-sharing, even anonymized, will be a major hurdle.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Kader is convinced and promises to speak to his people.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The brother convinced Galindo-Ramirez to return to the country and surrender himself to authorities, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
But convincing risk-averse regulators to approve data-sharing, even anonymized, will be a major hurdle.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Kader is convinced and promises to speak to his people.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The brother convinced Galindo-Ramirez to return to the country and surrender himself to authorities, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for convince
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convince
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But much like Howard Jarvis feared, the tax-and-spend interests have sought to destroy Proposition 13 ever since, most recently by persuading courts to carve loopholes in its constitutional protections and invent new ways for government agencies to raise revenue.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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Elizabeth Stage, whose Oakland hills home barely escaped the deadly 1991 firestorm, and whose work as president of the Oakland FireSafe Council involves persuading residents to adopt Zone 0 measures, said the study would be a helpful, persuasive tool.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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To satisfy this demand, Nebius will supply Microsoft with dedicated capacity from a new data center located in Vineland, New Jersey, starting later this year.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Other tasters agreed these anchovies had a meaty texture, which made each fillet a satisfying several bites.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
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Well, a new Netflix documentary about Charlie Sheen brings that up, as well as all his other infamous shenanigans.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The work could bring frequency combs out of specialized labs and into integrated photonic devices.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Convince.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convince. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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