coax (out)

verb

Definition of coax (out)next
as in to obtain

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coax (out)
  1. obtain
  2. procure
  3. gain
  4. secure
  5. pull
  6. get
  7. extract
  8. drag
Verb
  • According to the police documents obtained by Law & Crime, Weatherall, 22, ordered a Lyft ride to an apartment complex in Greenville.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026
  • After obtaining the suspect's name and descriptions of both the man and his vehicle, DeLong cleared the call.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of obtain
Verb
  • Data procured by Tarrant’s cameras is deleted after 30 days unless there’s reasonable cause to keep it longer.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The same applies for the people in charge of generating the commercial content, as marketing departments aren’t in the habit of procuring sign-offs from their CEOs in advance of a campaign launch.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of procure
Verb
  • Aflac initially gained a bigger profile after introducing its duck mascot in 1999, in ads crafted by Kaplan Thaler Group, an independent agency that was eventually acquired by Publicis Groupe of France.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • For example, a South Florida cop trying to find a vehicle could search and find a person’s information from thousands of miles away in other states, a selling point that gained Flock dozens of law enforcement contracts, the Herald found.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of gain
Verb
  • At a normal concert, the first people in line rush to the barrier to secure the best viewpoint for the show.
    — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And as part of a deal to secure export licenses for advanced chips from the US government, HUMAIN will not allow Chinese frontier AI models to be trained on its compute capacity.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of secure
Verb
  • One of the resources pulled was the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool, which was designed to capture information on cars, bicycles, and pedestrians, according to the outlet.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Moreno had previously put the club up for sale in August 2022 before pulling the team off the market five months later.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of pull
Verb
  • When the earnings release first hit the tape, the stock initially moved higher by a couple of percentage points, only to reverse course before the conference call even got underway.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • But then Sandy stops by for a friendly chat, and his daughter Nina (Zosia Mamet, ice-cold and slightly underused) gets serious.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of get
Verb
  • Huge investments are needed to extract the rich resources in Venezuela, whose oil output remains at a fraction of its capacity due to decades of mismanagement, lack of investment and sanctions.
    — Anniek Bao,Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Hyosung’s Bio-BDO is manufactured by fermenting sugars extracted from sugarcane.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of extract
Verb
  • The playbook that drove the first $100 million starts to drag.
    — Doug May, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • This occurs with minimal working capital drag, since fulfillment runs through pre-established pharmacy networks rather than capital-intensive durable equipment logistics.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of drag
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“Coax (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coax%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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