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as in believing
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as in persuaded
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as in satisfied
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests
we convinced him to keep silent about our activities until we could spring the surprise
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Recent Examples of convinced
Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
Bean and Smith were seen on video wrestling with Nichols and holding his arms, while also hitting him, but the jury was not convinced those actions amounted to civil rights violations.
—Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Paulson stars as Margaret Bellum, a woman convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
And while this select group of participants believe in astrology and are convinced cosmic guidance has helped them in their careers, beliefs are not necessarily facts.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Then his son Jonathan, who had just joined the family firm after a stint at private equity giant Apollo’s real estate division, convinced him otherwise.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
The clients were easily convinced.
—Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
Bean and Smith were seen on video wrestling with Nichols and holding his arms, while also hitting him, but the jury was not convinced those actions amounted to civil rights violations.
—Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Paulson stars as Margaret Bellum, a woman convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
And while this select group of participants believe in astrology and are convinced cosmic guidance has helped them in their careers, beliefs are not necessarily facts.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Then his son Jonathan, who had just joined the family firm after a stint at private equity giant Apollo’s real estate division, convinced him otherwise.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convinced
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Having persuaded many leading brands and designers to stop using fur and leather, animal rights activists have set their sights on convincing more brands to do away with down feathers.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
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Her intractability eventually persuaded Kishan Patel and Teeny Chirichillo to flip the script and vote Aysha out instead.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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And once your shooter is confident, end the range session.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
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Brown did not immediately respond to requests for comment but shared a confident message on her social media platforms Wednesday.Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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For sure: The practice of tithing in many world religions is a key inspiration here.Dylan Matthews, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
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But Dwight picks the fight by almost immediately accusing Chickie of patricide, which happens to be true but won’t win you any brownie points, for sure.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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County officials attributed increasing mosquito activity to warmer temperatures brought by climate change.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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As for texts, almost all messages sent between iPhones should be encrypted end-to-end by Apple’s iMessage system, and Google’s implementation of the RCS standard has brought end-to-end encryption to most Android-to-Android messaging.Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
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For the researchers, more availability could mean teens will have greater access to marijuana and perhaps more accepting perceptions about its safety.Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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People who are simply highly curious about science, on the other hand, tend to be more accepting of climate science, irrespective of their partisan identity.Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
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Republicans, with their congenitally overconfident candidate and an entire political operation premised on telling the Republican electorate that Trump’s defeat is literally impossible, have a different problem.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Generally, men tend to be overconfident investors, whereas women generally are more risk-aware and tend to hold onto their investments, according to Green.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Along the way, Abrahams and his childhood friends the Zucker brothers continued to twist parodic knives into unsuspecting genres, skewering the spy game with Top Secret!Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
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Derek, who compares smashing targets to snatching weaves off the heads of unsuspecting queens at drag brunch.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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Their unquestioning, immovable fealty is frightening.Neil A. Grauer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2024
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If Trump’s party was no longer delivering wins, then maybe his opponents didn’t need to show him such unquestioning loyalty.Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
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“Convinced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convinced. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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