as in compelling
having the power to persuade
a persuasive argument for increasing funding of the city's library system
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Recent Examples of persuasive
That may well be Trump’s end game after all: The crisis may pass, but the threat of tariffs will hang like the Sword of Damocles over any investments in Mexico and Canada for the remainder of his administration or longer, giving persuasive arguments to corporations to stay at home.
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Juan Pablo Spinetto, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025
But as Davenport articulates both in his statement referenced above and throughout his passionate and persuasive film, the question of whether disabled people deserve the right to die is also a question of whether they are afforded the ability to live.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2025
Her persuasive charisma won others to the cause of historic preservation and the movement gained momentum to the point that it is now taken for granted that things could have been any different.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
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Those explanations have not been persuasive to the government’s critics.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuasive
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And that now is, by far, the most compelling part of the film.—
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Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.—
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His book has the deft touch that can come only when the ego of the journalist ebbs into something far more substantial and convincing.—
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The headphones have been designed to extract as much detail as possible from the music by separating the instruments into a convincing soundstage.—
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There’s simply not enough conclusive evidence to know precisely how these products influence cardiovascular health, Samantha Coogan, RDN, a nutrition sciences professor and director of the Didactic Program in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, told Health.—
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Now, researchers believe there is conclusive evidence the cave was home to cannibals.—
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.—
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According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.—
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“Persuasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuasive. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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