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suasion

noun

ˈswā-zhən

Definition of suasion

as in convincing

the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action a defense lawyer uses not only legal arguments but also moral suasion to appeal to a jury's sense of right and wrong

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Recent Examples of suasion In this newest cover-up, Clooney repeats his film’s original failing — its nostalgic salute to the power of electronic media suasion. — Armond White, National Review, 30 Apr. 2025 Finally, the original Concert vision embraced formal deliberation and moral suasion as the key mechanism of collaborative foreign policy. — Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025 The 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s famous March 15, 1965, voting rights speech is an important reminder of the power of moral suasion when applied in support of basic democratic principles. — Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025 To that end, an objection by an athlete who is a class member and who stands to lose out from the settlement’s approval will likely have suasion. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for suasion

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Noun

None of this has to do with persuasion tactics or clever scripts.

— Dr. Sariki Abungwo, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
For generations, Americans of every political persuasion have chosen to safeguard extraordinary places for everyone who would come after them.

— Mary Beth Laughton, Time, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of persuasion

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So Nvidia and some of its largest customers proposed a new design, skipping several conversions and distributing power inside the building not through typical AC but through DC, the native form the chips want anyway.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Angels Stadium in Anaheim's 1998 conversion cut 19,076 seats, while Miami's Hard Rock Stadium cut 10,692 in its remodel in 2015–16.

— Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of conversion

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At this point, many of the magnets provide no discernible integration benefit and are viewed instead as inducements for any student to enroll.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Eventually the movie begins to sound like an inducement to book a room.

— Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026

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