persuadable

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Recent Examples of persuadable That answer was the same both among all Harris voters and among persuadable voters who eventually picked her. Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024 Can Ukraine get the upper hand here, and are these top advisers going to be persuadable? CBS News, 24 Nov. 2024 But the contest is still within the margin of error in essentially every swing contest, and there are few, if any, persuadable voters left. Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Oct. 2024 But there is a bigger share of these persuadable voters who are trying to decide between a third-party or writing in or just staying home. Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for persuadable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuadable
Adjective
  • This dreamy adult wondered if there might be something extra impressionable about a park that commits to one specific yarn.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
  • Like the newly married, disillusioned Dorothea Brooke in George Eliot’s Middlemarch, the young, impressionable Joyce feels psychologically unmoored by his time in Rome.
    Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • Gale was deemed old-fashioned and her focus on small-town Midwestern life was thought to be unsophisticated.
    Deborah Williams July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
  • But the grammar movies and television use to dramatize such crimes remains by and large unsophisticated.
    Andy Crump, Time, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • But, Gillis said, Dozier taught the boys to be more violent at a time when their brains were malleable.
    The Marshall Project, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
  • Powell's term as Fed chairman runs out in ten months, giving Trump an opportunity to install a more malleable leader of the central bank.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Determined to reconnect with the childlike joy of making music, Seavey aimed to create something fun and meaningful.
    Kristen Wisneski, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2025
  • There’s this very childlike quality to him.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Tranquillity, often simple but rarely simpleminded, may be Ruscha’s essential quality as an artist.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • His friendship with Wash defies simplistic categorization: While sincere in feeling, its inherently untenable contradictions amount to a ticking time bomb, apparently destined to blow up in the back half of the series.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2025
  • While some posts are sincere, others blur the line between genuine emotional expression and being performative.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 17 July 2025
Adjective
  • He is known for pioneering overuse of the Auto-Tune effect, giving his vocals an unworldly quality.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
  • The movie then flashes back to reveal the unworldly events of the day before.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Kaitlin Olson made Dee's own session a masterpiece of wide-eyed neediness, obsessively lying about her past and then demanding the shrink praise her for her acting prowess.
    Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025
  • What an opportunity for Quinta Brunson to surprise us with her confident line delivery, and for Tyler James Williams to sell the moment with Gregory’s wide-eyed surprise.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2025

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“Persuadable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuadable. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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