persuade

Example Sentences

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Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters” bowed on the streamer, but the intense enthusiasm that followed persuaded the company to give it a theatrical release over a late summer weekend.

From Salon

Gary moved on to found Global Crossing in 1997, persuading backers to fund an ambitious plan to thread new fiber across the Atlantic Ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, for some models, the time it took for experts to persuade systems to circumvent safeguards had increased forty-fold in just six months.

From BBC

"I have not seen a text that could persuade me to give Belgium's agreement. I haven't seen it yet; I hope to see it today, but I haven't seen it yet," he said.

From Barron's

In that case, Jackson successfully persuaded the prosecution to provide the defense with cellphone data that helped get that case dismissed, Yannetti said.

From The Wall Street Journal