suggestible

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Recent Examples of suggestible That humans were so suggestible seemed like something science would need to account for. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023 In the easily suggestible Western imagination, the mosque has often been cast as a site of sinister machinations. M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023 The crowd proved particularly suggestible during this number. Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2023 Clipping electrodes onto your earlobes can leave you suggestible. Alice Bradley, Health, 9 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for suggestible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suggestible
Adjective
  • So be careful out there folks and don’t be gullible.
    Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Until, of course, someone convinces a gullible public—or a U.S. senator—that all research currency, new and old, is created equal.
    Adam Marcus, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But changes wouldn't guarantee that the most vulnerable patients would be spared from future insurance denials or the complex appeals process set up by insurers.
    Lauren Sausser, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, advocates are watching closely, concerned that the wrong move could result in a fallout that decimates Connecticut’s paltry infant and toddler care system, supports too-few households, or depends on a source of money that is vulnerable to shifting economic winds.
    Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In recent years, the number of satellite launches has increased, resulting in thousands of satellites in low-Earth orbit that are susceptible to cyberattacks.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Tomato, pepper, eggplant and tomatillo are all susceptible to the same suite of soil pathogens.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have given fraudsters a host of new tools to trick unwary individuals into dishonest schemes.
    Ranjita Iyer, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • That’s because the agency’s duty is to stand in the way of businesses desiring to push unsafe and ineffective nostrums at unwary consumers, and also in the way of a perverse idea that personal freedom includes the freedom to be gulled by charlatans.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • With Back on My Feet, people called me naive, and a pollyanna.
    Shimite Obialo, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • She's got a squeaky clean image and is a little bit naive.
    Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Suggestible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suggestible. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.

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