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Recent Examples of persuadable
Harris’ advisers are making the strategic bet that her hardcore supporters have already banked their votes early where possible and that most of those inclined to back Trump aren’t persuadable.
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Philip Eliott / Detroit, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
The hunt for blocs of persuadable voters who get their news from algorithmic digital feeds has propelled presidential candidates to the studios of podcasters and social-media influencers, largely bypassing traditional media and journalistic scrutiny.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
The top deciding issue for Trump voters generally was the economy, but persuadable voters were swayed by Trump’s portrayals of Harris.
—Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
And those persuadable voters in focus in these final days of the race.
—NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Philip Eliott / Detroit, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
The hunt for blocs of persuadable voters who get their news from algorithmic digital feeds has propelled presidential candidates to the studios of podcasters and social-media influencers, largely bypassing traditional media and journalistic scrutiny.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
The top deciding issue for Trump voters generally was the economy, but persuadable voters were swayed by Trump’s portrayals of Harris.
—Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
And those persuadable voters in focus in these final days of the race.
—NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuadable
Adjective
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After the talk, he was approached by a graduate student named Ian Mertz, who’d fallen in love with catalytic computing five years earlier after learning about it as an impressionable young undergrad.—
Ben Brubaker,
Wired News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Pandemics corrode citizens' faith in government — especially, and not surprisingly, among impressionable young people.—
Erin Doherty,
Axios,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Each of those words is unsophisticated alone and devastating when strung together.—
Joel Stein,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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Ertz and Gesicki are likely to want to play for contenders, while Conklin and Johnson will look to cash in on a fairly unsophisticated market.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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How our perceptions of identity can be malleable depending on the surroundings or circumstances.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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Lamar, arguably in the midst of the most incredible run in hip-hop history, appears thrice on the project and is pretty malleable, sliding seamlessly into Carti’s orbit.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
25 Mar. 2025
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
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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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Defenders of academic freedom — some of them sincere — have howled that the university is bending the knee to Donald Trump.—
The Editors,
National Review,
25 Mar. 2025
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The deep division is not due to a lack of effort or diligence but rather a sincere adherence to our individual principles and moral convictions.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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While there are countless superhero stories flooding the TV landscape, Emma Moran's Extraordinary soars with its down-to-earth, Boys-esque twist, where being a hero isn't all it's cracked up to be and unworldly abilities aren't just devices for destruction.—
Alex Galbraith,
EW.com,
24 Sep. 2024
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Buruma, who excels at setting a rather unworldly man in the public life of his time, describes how, in 1672, a mob in The Hague lynched Johan and Cornelis de Witt, brothers who had led the Netherlands’ liberal regime during what is now remembered as the Dutch Golden Age.—
Adam Kirsch,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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Pic tells the story of a wide-eyed Iranian immigrant who accepts a wedding proposal from her billionaire boss’s son in order to remain in the United States.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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But stepping into the role of the glamorous, rule-breaking school principal, Ava Coleman, brought her blunt humor and wide-eyed gags to a larger audience, earning her Emmy nominations for three years in a row and constant praise from critics.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Persuadable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuadable. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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