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adjective

as in influenced

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verb

past tense of sway

as in affected

to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, "Please take me home with you?"

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as in lurched

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous

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as in ruled

archaic to exercise authority or power over an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world

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Recent Examples of swayed

Adjective

One man who isn’t swayed is Japan’s richest investment mogul, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026 Most teams, in fact, decided from the start that pitchers were not in the best position and were liable to be too emotionally swayed to be entrusted with ABS challenges. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026 As fans stood for the opening run, a sprawling 23-piece backing ensemble — including six band members, eight backing vocalists plus returning Church muse Joanna Cotten, and a mini-orchestra with four horns and four strings — some swayed. — Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026 When betting on a startup’s future potential, Graham is typically more swayed by his impression of its founders than the idea behind their business, the co-founder of startup accelerator Y Combinator wrote in a series of posts on social media platform X on August 10. — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025 Business executives, at least some, are less swayed by the hype and more level-headed about the costs and benefits of using AI. — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025

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With the challenges of supply chains and higher prices on retailers’ hands, shoppers are highly attuned to these considerations and can be swayed by retailers who demonstrate their ability to deliver on time and as promised. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 Throughout the performances, River had her arm around Remy as the siblings swayed, clapped and whooped for their mom. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 Experts have cautioned that Iran’s repressive regime is unlikely to be swayed by the suffering of ordinary citizens and is prepared to wait out economic hardship longer than Americans can endure high gas prices. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 Comics took so many shots at the 79-year-old Albuquerque woman who sued McDonald’s over a scalding cup of coffee that swayed Americans allowed tort reform to tilt the balance of power from customers to companies. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Palm trees swayed over a serene campus where students surfed at Campus Point between (or in lieu of) classes. — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026 To avoid being swayed by a candidate’s charisma, write down what an ideal response would sound like for each key question in advance of the interview. — Harvard Business Review, 24 Aug. 2026 Plus, as Brody Miller reports, players don’t seem super swayed by the league’s new investor. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Hosts from Joe Rogan to Alex Cooper have weighed in on—and perhaps have even swayed—elections. — Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swayed

Adjective

While purple has come to represent Swift’s Speak Now era, during that London outing, Swift wore a lilac purple dress with flowers, which fans are convinced foreshadows the primary color and aesthetics of the singer’s 13th LP.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2026
Cameron keeps upping the ante, until one becomes convinced the T-1000 is well-nigh invincible.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of convinced

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Young reporters like Steinem were allowed to write stories only about women's topics, such as recipes and clothes; writing about issues that actually influenced women's lives was discouraged.

— Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Ruth Steinem had mental health problems, something Steinem has said deeply influenced her.

— Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of influenced

Verb

The Department of Justice had argued Google could not be trusted to run the online advertising exchange after Brinkema ruled that Google had illegally quashed competition.

— Jody Godoy, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Federal judges in Massachusetts and California have ruled these deportations to be unconstitutional.

— Daniel Estrin, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruled

Adjective

The standard medical terms clinicians rely on may become distorted or polluted.

— Frank Naeymi-Rad, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
La Nueva Violencia is a smirking, libidinous play for the dance floor, picking up where the distorted guitars of the last record left off and channeling each new riff into sleazy post-punk and electroclash that stick to the body like sweaty velvet.

— Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of distorted

Verb

German power infrastructure has previously been affected under similar circumstances.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Proceeds from the raffle will go to Heart Heroes, a nonprofit that supports children and families affected by congenital heart disease, and the Florida chapter of the Human Trafficking Foundation.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of affected

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The bare lot covers about two-thirds of an acre in an area governed by the Barber Valley Specific Plan, which designates it for offices or commercial space.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026
Ethical challenges Academic research on human subjects is governed by a framework built largely in response to past medical and psychological research abuses.

— Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

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