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dissert

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Definition of dissert

as in to expound

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In 2002 Thompson’s children expounded on the story and took issue with a number of Lange’s recollections, particularly that the family had sold their tires for food.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
But Supreme Court scholars and the public alike seldom pay much attention to concurring opinions, in which a justice expounds on the views of their colleagues in the majority.

— Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 9 July 2026

Definition of expound

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Congress has also shown an affinity for weighing in on sports disputes—consider the airtime members of Congress receive when sermonizing on the state of college sports.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2026
At least my mother was one of those who sermonized that sentiment.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026

Definition of sermonize

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The language of a sociopath is very easy to have a mustached, twirly guy speaking and pontificating and vaguely threatening tropes, but to really give him a kind of humanity, vulnerability.

— Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
Over the course of the last three weeks, some of the biggest names in the business of reporting on (and pontificating about) sports media have transformed themselves into a scruffy simulacrum of the town elders from Footloose.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of pontificate

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Bowie allegedly told other users about her oath and shared the audio file of her reciting the pledge with them.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
The process can take many forms – journaling, reciting the Psalm, YouTubing the Shofar, giving tzedakah, meditating, reading.

— Risa Polansky Shiman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

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