persuasive
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Ladies and gentlemen, I must be pretty persuasive, because I got both.”
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
It’s an unusually persuasive portrait of a scholar, thanks to Ms. Sellier’s multilingual facility for abstruse speech and the way the movie shows her spending the bulk of her time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Lynn Vavreck, a political science and communications studies professor at UCLA, said the persuasive effects of Hilton’s AI videos are likely “limited” as they are most likely being watched by supporters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
That musical’s writer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, penned the songs for the 2016 film alongside Opetaia Foaʻi and Mark Mancina; dutifully reprised here, they remain basically persuasive works of Disney pop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The superintendent said something about needing a permit, but Luke could be persuasive.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing persuasive
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 5
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