as in gullible
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Recent Examples of suggestible
That humans were so suggestible seemed like something science would need to account for.
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
In the easily suggestible Western imagination, the mosque has often been cast as a site of sinister machinations.
—M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
The crowd proved particularly suggestible during this number.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2023
Clipping electrodes onto your earlobes can leave you suggestible.
—Alice Bradley, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
In the easily suggestible Western imagination, the mosque has often been cast as a site of sinister machinations.
—M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
The crowd proved particularly suggestible during this number.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2023
Clipping electrodes onto your earlobes can leave you suggestible.
—Alice Bradley, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suggestible
Adjective
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So be careful out there folks and don’t be gullible.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Until, of course, someone convinces a gullible public—or a U.S. senator—that all research currency, new and old, is created equal.—
Adam Marcus,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Actress Jennifer Coolidge won an Emmy for her comic, kooky yet vulnerable turn in 2022, one of five Emmies won by the White Lotus.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Newsom was met with a mix of praise and criticism, including from fellow state Democrats who accused the governor of abandoning a vulnerable minority group.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Pros: Flower buds are not susceptible to winter damage.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2025
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Stock prices are susceptible to factors outside of the price of gold, like management decisions and broad market trends.—
Nathan Mahr,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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That’s because the agency’s duty is to stand in the way of businesses desiring to push unsafe and ineffective nostrums at unwary consumers, and also in the way of a perverse idea that personal freedom includes the freedom to be gulled by charlatans.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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What results from this corporate retrenchment is unknown, but the trends are clear, and the paths forward are strewn with mind fields for the unwary or unprepared business leader. Follow me on LinkedIn.—
Timothy J. McClimon,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Neither was it based on wishful thinking or naive optimism.—
Matthew Scogin,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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As that incident indicated, Oded was not naive about Palestinian terrorism.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Suggestible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suggestible. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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