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  • adjective Capable of being swayed; whose mind can be changed.

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sway +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Most important to the candidates: many of these voters are, in campaign parlance, "swayable" — undecided and looking for a candidate to believe in.

    Just How Low Will They Go? 2008

  • Ironically, Pace -- who left his job as a location finder for a film production company during the writers 'strike and began selling T-shirts -- is independent and "swayable" in this election.

    RockyMountainNews.com 2008

  • Asked whether Obama had made any phone calls to "swayable senators" such as Susan Collins R-Maine, who voted "no" on moving forward with the defense authorization bill in September, Gibbs replied that he doesn't believe the president has spoken to the Maine senator on the issue.

    Father Geoff Farrow: Why I Handcuffed Myself to the White House Fence Father Geoff Farrow 2010

  • Stephen had gone rampaging north with his muster, a huge, gallant, simple, swayable soul roused to rage by Chester's ungrateful treachery, and drawn after him many and many a wiser and better balanced man who could have done his reasoning for him, had he taken a little more time for thought.

    A Caregiver's Homage To The Very Old 2010

  • Those independent voters and swayable conservative Democrats like pols who stick to the issues and don't mimic the antics of characters such as Allan Grayson.

    Is civility out of date? Jennifer Rubin 2010

  • Just forget a simple point: Bush was swayed by rumsfeld and cheney because he did not have enough experience himself. the rightwing people are against meier to supreme court because they fear she would be easily swayable.

    Poll: Obama Edges Hillary In New Hampshire, Romney Still Way Ahead 2009

  • That's an attitude many of us can learn from: not the position he's taken, but the feeling that what he believes in is not swayable and you can't make him take it back.

    Richard Laermer: Have Balls; Mortgage Will Follow! 2009

  • Sure, that wouldn't influence actual same-sex marriage supporters or die-hard opponents, but my guess is that the very voters who are still swayable would be those most affected by the tone and timing of a campaign.

    Isobel White: Same Sex Marriage in CA: 8 Reasons Why We Should Lay Off the Debate over 2010 v. 2012 2009

  • That these moderate voters also disdain the divisive tactics of the religious right and are swayable on health care and clean energy is, to the small-tenters, irrelevant.

    Chris Korzen: At the Vatican, a Democrat Who Gets It 2009

  • In other words, of the 8% or so of voters that Obama and McCain are currently fighting over, plus those on the margins that are still swayable, how many of them are moveable by the Joe storyline?

    Poll: Voters In Ohio And Missouri Entirely Unmoved By McCain's "Joe The Plumber" Stunt 2009

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