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
Sitrick writes that if gentle persuasion doesn’t work to convince Ferguson to retract her statement, then “we need to turn up the heat even to the point of sending her a draft defamation lawsuit.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
“Would you believe it, Lizzy, that when he went to town last November, he really loved me, and nothing but a persuasion of my being indifferent would have prevented his coming down again!”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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