persuasion

Example Sentences

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It makes compromise difficult and disagreement suspect, shifting the goal from persuasion to affirmation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

America has to find a way to restart diplomacy, using soft power and persuasion more often than the blunt force of tariffs or threat of conflict with key partners.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

But the Fed chair governs by persuasion, not decree.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Perhaps one thing all of a green and white persuasion could agree upon was that Roma were rampant as they cantered to a second win in Glasgow this term.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Thanks largely to the groundwork laid by Douglas Moore, Floyd McKissick, and Louis Austin, the town’s black elite was willing to promote confrontation over quiet persuasion.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson