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as in to ask
to put a question or questions to
her roommates catechized her about every detail of her first day at her new job
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as in to interrogate
to put a series of questions to
applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood
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Recent Examples of catechize
Priests could not catechize children, bring the sacraments to the sick, or do pastoral work outside the local churchyard.
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George Weigel, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
George Weigel, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catechize
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The team asked people to memorize locations on a graph while smelling the scent of rose.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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At one point, Iran asked to move its games to Mexico, but that request was rejected.—
Anne M. Peterson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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But beyond its account of a family in flight, from both the authorities and its own murkier truths, Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young interrogates the radicalism of the 1960s and 70s, its unlikely alliances, its political legacies, and its many, many casualties along the way.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Plant Humanities Initiative at Dumbarton Oaks explores intertwined cultural and biological histories like this one, using plants to interrogate the complexities of human society.—
Kari Traylor,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2026
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Every mistake is magnified, every penalty is questioned, every shortcoming is analyzed.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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In that clip, Cohen, 57, questioned whether the CMO role is typically short-term.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Like last year, there was a long list of criteria the PWHL examined when deciding where to expand this season, including market size, fan support, infrastructure and what kind of economic opportunity exists in the market, among other factors.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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The Moroccan navy released video Wednesday showing military divers examining caves, aircraft scanning the ocean surface and teams of uniformed personnel and canine crews combing the rocky shoreline.—
Akram Oubachir,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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“Catechize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catechize. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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