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as in persuading
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as in prompt
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as in encouraging
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action the public service announcement urges pet owners to spay or neuter their pets
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Recent Examples of urging
Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026 At Gomez’s urging, Levine talked with town officials this week to see if there’d been any developments since 2018. —Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026 At the urging of his family, the Mechanicsburg resident made an appointment with his doctor, who recommended Kimmel get an endoscopy to examine his throat. —Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026 Mills, 78, entered the race at the urging of Democratic Party leaders. —Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026 When Suzanna, a fledgling psychologist, tells, at Max’s urging, a mocking anecdote about one of her young clients, neither Becky nor the sensitive Andrew get the laugh. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026 Their working relationship experienced a rupture late last week when Johnson — at the urging of many House Republicans — rejected Thune’s plan. —ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026 But despite officials’ urging, community pleas to delay a decision and threats of legal action, the board approved the closures. —Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026 Code Compliance coordinated the effort, at the urging of District 3 Council Member Michael Crain, with support from Environmental Services, Animal Care and Control and police. —Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026 People flooded the brand's comments field, urging the company to bring back their old chai latte. —Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026 How to get to the NFL draft Officials are urging people to leave their cars at home and take public transportation. —Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 In letters to the judge urging Mendoza Hernandez’s release, community members described him as a person of faith who is active in the community and a caring father to a 2-year-old child. —Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Earlier that day, Biles penned a message to her fans on her Instagram Stories, urging them to give her some space throughout her European travels. —Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026 Reinhart is among the center's specialists, urging people to pay no attention to social media pundits commenting on the seasonal outlooks who emphasize the potential dimming effect El Niño can have on would-be storms. —Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 City officials were urging residents to avoid contact with floodwater, which may be contaminated or contain hazardous debris. —Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Starmann kept urging Klose to think bigger. —David Folkenflik, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
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Now she’s been coaxed out of retirement to make her mark in online criticism, at the urging of her close personal friend, the novelist and New Yorker contributor Paul Rudnick. —Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026 At Gomez’s urging, Levine talked with town officials this week to see if there’d been any developments since 2018. —Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026 At the urging of his family, the Mechanicsburg resident made an appointment with his doctor, who recommended Kimmel get an endoscopy to examine his throat. —Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026 Mills, 78, entered the race at the urging of Democratic Party leaders. —Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026 When Suzanna, a fledgling psychologist, tells, at Max’s urging, a mocking anecdote about one of her young clients, neither Becky nor the sensitive Andrew get the laugh. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026 Their working relationship experienced a rupture late last week when Johnson — at the urging of many House Republicans — rejected Thune’s plan. —ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026 But despite officials’ urging, community pleas to delay a decision and threats of legal action, the board approved the closures. —Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026 Code Compliance coordinated the effort, at the urging of District 3 Council Member Michael Crain, with support from Environmental Services, Animal Care and Control and police. —Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
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With the company’s board and multiple proxy advisory firms urging shareholders to vote yes, the deal is expected to be approved, moving Paramount closer to taking over its much bigger rival. —Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026 People flooded the brand's comments field, urging the company to bring back their old chai latte. —Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026 How to get to the NFL draft Officials are urging people to leave their cars at home and take public transportation. —Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 In letters to the judge urging Mendoza Hernandez’s release, community members described him as a person of faith who is active in the community and a caring father to a 2-year-old child. —Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Earlier that day, Biles penned a message to her fans on her Instagram Stories, urging them to give her some space throughout her European travels. —Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026 Reinhart is among the center's specialists, urging people to pay no attention to social media pundits commenting on the seasonal outlooks who emphasize the potential dimming effect El Niño can have on would-be storms. —Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 City officials were urging residents to avoid contact with floodwater, which may be contaminated or contain hazardous debris. —Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Starmann kept urging Klose to think bigger. —David Folkenflik, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urging
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The 70-year-old was explaining how the revival came about through years-long persuading of Emmy-winning creator and executive producer Linwood Boomer.— Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
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Each distortion is what happens when the body does the persuading, and the ideas are just the wardrobe.— Alexis Coe, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
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Nicholas Carlini, an Anthropic research scientist, was able to find vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel using an older Anthropic model and a relatively simple prompt.— Huo Jingnan, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
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How many years of formal education would someone need to understand the prompt?— Matthew Heimer, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
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Between parking restrictions and road closures, Boston is encouraging Marathon Monday visitors to walk, bike, take the T — anything but drive — to watch the runners or attend the day’s festivities.— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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The five-star analyst added that growing demand in scale-up networking is giving confidence in continued strength in future earnings, encouraging investors to look beyond 2027 and factor in these opportunities.— TipRanks.com Staff, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026
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But also as promised, the show was all about joy, optimism and self-belief, and if her monologues occasionally veered into self-care exhortations, that was perfectly on brand as well.— Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
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But his stance against the president’s tyranny is a call to action in the same vein as John Paul II’s exhortation to the free world to oppose the Soviet empire.— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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That air purifier is still on, every filter change a reminder that nothing about the device, designed to keep me safe, is recyclable.— Abigail Stone, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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The half-dozen screens punctuating the show with this gesture offer potent and campy but all-too-serious reminders that anger and nostalgia for a world of white supremacy are not dead.— Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
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But use of the six pods, arranged in a triple-bunk style layout between cabins, will put fliers in close proximity to others, prompting the airline to publish etiquette notes.— CBS News, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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The male wolf, named Neukgu, burrowed out of his enclosure at the O-World zoo in Daejeon on April 8, prompting a search that gripped the nation and raised fears about his safety.— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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No coaxing or pulling from the crate.— Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Hair that’s naturally less heavy can hold more shape and bounce when styling, but maintaining a full-bodied look might take some extra coaxing.— Grace McCarty, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2026
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If pride bristles, breathe and frame feedback as an invitation to make the work shine brighter than any ego.— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
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Following the first edition in São Paulo, Projeto Paradiso heard feedback from their talents about the lack of accessibility to industry events outside the famous Rio-São Paulo bridge.— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Urging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/urging. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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