coaxed (out)

verb

past tense of coax (out)
as in obtained

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  1. obtained
  2. procured
  3. gained
  4. secured
  5. pulled
  6. extracted
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  • The warrant was obtained a day before he was arrested and for days afterwards police were pictured searching Mountbatten-Windsor’s propeties in Sandringham and on the Windsor estate.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Hill’s memo, obtained by the Observer and other news outlets, raised concerns about ties between board members and CMS contractors and political involvement of CMS representatives.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026
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  • The identity of execution team members, the details about where and how lethal drugs are procured, and in some states even what happens in the death chamber is hidden from public view.
    — Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That’s where the Blaquiers procured much of their collection, traveling during the summer months to purchase directly from Lefevre Gallery, a major player in Impressionist and Modern art until its closure at the turn of the 21st century.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • Pulse oximeters gained prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic, offering anyone a handheld tool to take stock of their blood oxygen level.
    — Anil Oza, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Gordon gained two yards on a first down run, and Willis then threw errantly on a pressured throw to Jalen Tolbert that would have gone nowhere even if it had been completed.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
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  • Thiel also secured New Zealand citizenship in 2011, receiving a special exemption from the usual residency requirements.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The settlement comes less than a month after Uber and Lyft drivers in California secured collective bargaining power for the first time with the certification of the California Gig Workers Union.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of secured
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  • Our shopping editors have done the wandering for you and pulled the furniture deals worth acting on before midnight, with some marked down by more than 50%.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Nick Pivetta yielded two runs and five hits while pitching into the fifth for the Padres, and Dustin May got pulled abruptly with a 1-0 count on Bogaerts and a runner aboard in the fourth.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
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  • Allegations quickly emerged that DeepSeek had trained R1 in part on responses extracted from OpenAI’s models.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Sergio Cremisini, an expert in digital forensic evidence, who extracted information from Sierra’s phone in 2012, 2018 and 2026.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
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“Coaxed (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coaxed%20%28out%29. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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