Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissert
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At the jail in the Dade County Courthouse, Zangara confessed and expounded on his dislike for heads of state.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026 -
Frustrated litigants may or may not be the best source to expound on the performance of guardianship judges.—
JC Hallman,
Oklahoma Watch,
22 Mar. 2026
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Rahill is the master of male-loneliness epidemic comedy, and his best work absorbs the collective unconscious of the internet’s aimless single dudes who sermonize to their phones from front seats of cars in dead mall parking lots, then spits it back out as a ridiculous reflection.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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Raised in the segregated south, he was steeped in the tradition of Confederate preachers who sermonized to their flocks in the CSA on the holiness of white supremacy and characterized the Christian god as inherently racist.—
Jared Yates Sexton,
The New Republic,
25 Mar. 2020
Verb
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Known as the Dragon Slayer, he’s often shown meditating, praying, waxing philosophical, and pontificating on nobility, integrity and honor.—
Pamela Chelin,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, the Abbé pontificates on pretty much every topic known to man as the pair try in vain to tunnel their way to freedom.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Not just when Juicy soliloquizes across the proscenium or Tedra casts us some side-eye.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2023
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Not everyone can soliloquize like Gaga.—
Chelsey Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
6 Sep. 2022
Verb
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On the song, Lewis recites a 2015 speech from former President Barack Obama.—
DeAsia Paige,
AJC.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Newman often seems to be reciting his lyrics, even incanting them, reverent and repetitive.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Dissert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissert. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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