persuader

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuader
Noun
  • There’s much misinformation about who actually pays tariffs Trump is a proponent of tariffs, insisting that they are paid for by foreign countries.
    Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, is also a staunch free speech proponent.
    Tovia Smith, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Because Lost had not yet trained us to expect such surprises, this was a genuine gasp inducer.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 4 July 2024
  • For the first two years of analysis, I was consumed with feelings of reproach and even hatred against my parents, seeing them as all-culpable vehicles and inducers of neurotic misery.
    Oliver Sacks, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Like other concert promoters and talent buyers, Slusher does a lot of research before booking a band or solo artist.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Jamaican promoters Sunnation have perfected the art of the high-end breakfast party in both Trinidad and Jamaica, with their Jamaica fete ensconced as the place to see-and-be-seen at Jamaica Carnival each April.
    Baz Dreisinger, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The crackdown drew criticism from free speech advocates and intensified national debates over the rights of students to engage in political activism.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • His first son, Lincoln Gabriel, died by suicide in 2013, turning his father into a suicide-prevention advocate.
    Nora Gámez Torres and, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At the same time Walton was hearing Bradley’s suit, Judge Robert J. Conrad, of the Western District of North Carolina, was presiding over the criminal prosecution of Eric Leak, a North Carolina State booster who owned a financial advisory firm for pro athletes called Hot Shots Sports Management.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • However, that booster was lost shortly after landing.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Among the pieces are two sketches of the 12 apostles (the disciples of Jesus in the New Testament), which Pope Julius II, who commissioned the work, wanted Michelangelo to include in the upper corners of the ceiling, but whose likeness was ultimately scrapped by the artist.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Constructed above the tomb of Saint Peter, who was one of the twelve apostles, the altar is considered one of the holiest sites in Christianity.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • On Wednesday, Lyle Menendez reacted to the news to his supporters and family in a Facebook post.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But Trump, until recently at least, also wasn’t known as a small-government conservative, and many of his supporters benefit from the programs that the House Republicans have slated for cuts.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Sir Mohammed — whose father, Nazr, is an NBA champion and now the general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s G League affiliate — totaled four points on 2 of 3 shots and grabbed a rebound in Notre Dame’s victory.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025
  • And the conference champion, of course, will get an automatic bid to the big bracket, with no sweating on Sunday.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Persuader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuader. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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