as in to convince
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request
she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension
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During Koerner's stint at the North Rim, a ranger persuaded him to lug his 250-pound digital acoustic hybrid piano to Cape Royal, a promontory overlooking the canyon.
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Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
In Pennsylvania, the DNC similarly persuaded a state judge to extend additional options for Erie County voters that experienced mail ballot issues due to a vendor problem.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
But backers failed to persuade voters to implement it through ballot initiatives in 2016 and 2018, instead relying on the legislature to approve it in 2021.
—Byhannah Richter, science.org, 1 Nov. 2024
But Martha wrote on her blog in 2014 that for whatever reason, the siblings didn’t like that name and persuaded their mother to name her Laura instead.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
In Pennsylvania, the DNC similarly persuaded a state judge to extend additional options for Erie County voters that experienced mail ballot issues due to a vendor problem.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
But backers failed to persuade voters to implement it through ballot initiatives in 2016 and 2018, instead relying on the legislature to approve it in 2021.
—Byhannah Richter, science.org, 1 Nov. 2024
But Martha wrote on her blog in 2014 that for whatever reason, the siblings didn’t like that name and persuaded their mother to name her Laura instead.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Persuade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuade. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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