Thesaurus results for EVANGELIZED

evangelized

verb

past tense of evangelize

as in preached

to try to convert (a group or area) to a different religion (especially Christianity) The missionaries set out to evangelize the world.

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Recent Examples of evangelized Kottikollon’s approach diverges sharply from Silicon Valley’s model, often defined by prescription-heavy biohacking and evangelized by the likes of Bryan Johnson. —

Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2026 Elsewhere, Ba has evangelized the kind of faster, more reliable access to the internet that 2Africa promises. —

Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025 Influencers skipped the middleman and built audiences on nontraditional platforms — something Ashe had evangelized years earlier. —

Mark Dent, HubSpot, 26 Sep. 2025 Is the cause of Wings something that really needs to be … evangelized? —

Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025

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preached

Verb

Hoover’s Cooking has always preached an egalitarian ethic.

— Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
Much of what O’Hearn preached as a longtime coach with the program always circled around defense.

— Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026