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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dissuade .
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Examples
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[Updated 4/24/08: I've posted some counter-arguments to claims that e-mail must be hyphenated, in case you happen upon somebody who can't be dissuaded from the position that this does matter.]
Stupid grammar rules I: Email vs. e-mail « Motivated Grammar 2008
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Mice that couldn't be dissuaded from the object of their attention by a piece of sweet, crunchy cereal may help researchers find new treatments and cures for human disorders like autism and Parkinson's disease.
King Solomon's Wings 2006
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No one realized that more than the king himself, who suffered much distress for his victim, and was with difficulty dissuaded from the abdication of his throne.
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This proposal really made me tremble, and the Branghtons all hung back upon it; but Madame Duval is never to be dissuaded from a scheme she has once formed.
Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World 1778
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After being dissuaded from the Chinese invasion project, and seeing the posture of affairs in Japan, the President decided to bring matters to a head.
LewRockwell.com 2009
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Did you or any scientist you ever met or heard of get "dissuaded" from being who they are because they went to church as children?
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Did you or any scientist you ever met or heard of get "dissuaded" from being who they are because they went to church as children?
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The IG's finding means that the EPA is "finally shutting down an experiment that was based on shoddy science," said Jim Hecker, a lawyer at Public Justice, a public-interest law firm whose criticism dissuaded the EPA from using the shortcut at an abandoned motel in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2004.
The Center for Public Integrity: EPA allowed unsafe handling of asbestos, IG says The Center for Public Integrity 2011
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The specter of a hefty debt load dissuaded Jason Tomlinson from enrolling to study business at Berkeley College, a for-profit school with locations in New York and New Jersey.
Party Ends at For-Profit Schools Melissa Korn 2011
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Those kidnapping-murders recorded for video distribution on the Internet of course further dissuaded the international community from getting involved in Iraq.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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