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Recent Examples of suggestible
The idea of doctors posing as podcasters to make men more suggestible is already a winner, but the language the doctors employ to complete the ruse ratchets up the comedy.
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Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
Well, according to Glaser, human brains are hugely suggestible.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2025
During hypnosis, the critical nature of the mind is bypassed and the subconscious mind is in a more suggestible state, hence why subjects act so silly and uninhibited on stage.
—Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
That humans were so suggestible seemed like something science would need to account for.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
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Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
Well, according to Glaser, human brains are hugely suggestible.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2025
During hypnosis, the critical nature of the mind is bypassed and the subconscious mind is in a more suggestible state, hence why subjects act so silly and uninhibited on stage.
—Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
That humans were so suggestible seemed like something science would need to account for.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suggestible
Adjective
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More like a memo from the dictator, telling gullible loyalists what to think.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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No Muscovite would be so gullible as to assume the government was on their side.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That combination of curiosity and lack of awareness or sense of danger makes this age group particularly vulnerable.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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Villa can be vulnerable to cheap giveaways in midfield, so Emery moved Morgan Rogers alongside Watkins up front and in the inside-right channel, higher upfield and not in central or deep positions where he can be swarmed.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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The Sabres could be susceptible to speed with the way their defensemen push it in the offensive zone.—
Stephen Conroy,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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Leaves weakened by pests or disease would be susceptible to frost damage, but burgundy foliage is not affected by such stressors.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Some legal experts said the outcome could lead unwary retirement investors to receive investment advice that's not in their best interest, and cause confusion about the legal obligations that brokers, insurance agents and other financial intermediaries owe to retail investors.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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That can create a trap for unwary taxpayers because the law requires taxpayers to sue for a refund within two years of the IRS disallowing it.—
Tom Cullinan,
Forbes.com,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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When a naïve piglet named Lucky (Gaten Matarazzo) rises to farmhouse leadership alongside the cunning boar Napoleon (Seth Rogen), the revolution sparked by their human farmer’s bankruptcy in the film‘s first act takes a turn for the fascist worse.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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Not the naive version attempted in 2016.—
Emin Gün Sirer,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Marie Sweets, an OnlyFans creator, told me that pornbots are a natural extension of a culture that views women’s work in these spaces as easy and exploitable.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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According to Jessica Lyons, the cybersecurity editor at The Register, who wrote both pieces, Anthropic isn’t the only AI company to have been confronted with severe vulnerabilities or exploitable issues in its products, only to essentially reject responsibility for them.—
Alan Henry,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Suggestible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suggestible. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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