prevails (upon)

verb

present tense third-person singular of prevail (upon)
as in begs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevails (upon)
  1. begs
  2. urges
  3. induces
  4. implores
  5. persuades
  6. exhorts
  7. convinces
  8. recommends
Verb
  • But this begs the parallel question of what the current museum architecture arises from and reflects, and why the oceanic and the oligarchic logics of the museum’s reformation now travel together here.
    — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Petticrew dressed like present-day Catherine in the flashback scene as Isabel begs her to inject her with heroin.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of begs
Verb
  • The advisory urges drivers to slow down, use their headlights, and leave extra space between vehicles.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Still, Malwarebytes urges users to be careful when searching for GTA 6 leaks.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of urges
Verb
  • Like most psychedelics, psilocybin’s effects are the result of interactions with a specific type of serotonin receptor in the brain, which both triggers the characteristic hallucinations and euphoria and induces neural plasticity.
    — Mike McRae August 19, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Under Nevada law, someone who aids or abets a crime—or encourages, hires, commands, or otherwise induces another person to commit it—can be prosecuted as a principal.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of induces
Verb
  • Security soon arrives on the scene as someone implores them to take one of the men to jail.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • DeVaux implores Golden Tempo’s jockey, Jose Ortiz, who obviously can’t hear her from the Churchill Downs stands, as the horse makes his move.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 9 June 2026
Definition of implores
Verb
  • The eight-episode series, written by Peter Ocko, follows a giant tech conglomerate that persuades the city to place a powerful robot on its police force – a robot implanted with the consciousness of a beloved fallen officer, Alex Murphy (Stevens).
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Nia then persuades Tefa to join her in smuggling cell phones into the regional prison.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of persuades
Verb
  • In Paris, signage exhorts Métro riders to hydrate regularly, stay attentive to those who are most vulnerable, et cetera.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • On her deathbed, Mary exhorts her son to take advantage of this situation in grotesquely self-serving terms at odds with the movie’s overall soak-the-rich ethos.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of exhorts
Verb
  • Nathan overhears a snippet of this exchange, which convinces him that Joe is engaged in an all-out smear campaign against him.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Bannerman centers on the eponymous Paul Bannerman, a lethal covert operative who convinces a group of the world’s most deadly assassins to quit the spy game for a chance to lead normal lives in the suburbs of Connecticut.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of convinces
Verb
  • Southern Living recommends visitors visit both the river and the beach, stroll through downtown and check out local marine history.
    — Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Three Rivers Therapies recommends stretches like arch and flatten, knee drops (also called windshield wipers) and pelvic circles to loosen the hips, lower back and middle back.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of recommends
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