as in to urge
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action
the speaker exhorted the graduating students to go forth and try to make a difference in the world
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Recent Examples of exhort
There is also a growing rhetoric that exhorts the virtues of blue-collar labor.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Johnson exhorted at a Labor Day workers rally.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Pulte has lambasted Fed chair Powell in social media posts and television interviews, called for lower short-term interest rates, and exhorted Congress to probe the Fed over a cost overrun.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
Inspired by the financial and professional assistance, Cenedella exhorted the 30 people in the audience to accept the challenge of working to improve their community.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Johnson exhorted at a Labor Day workers rally.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Pulte has lambasted Fed chair Powell in social media posts and television interviews, called for lower short-term interest rates, and exhorted Congress to probe the Fed over a cost overrun.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
Inspired by the financial and professional assistance, Cenedella exhorted the 30 people in the audience to accept the challenge of working to improve their community.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhort
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During that visit, then Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo urged Francis in unusually frank terms to take concrete action.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Sauer urged the high court to issue its ruling quickly, noting that it is currently required to use Section 32 funding to send full SNAP benefits by tonight due to McConnell’s order.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Nov. 2025
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The teeth also captured climate shifts such as the Late Antique Little Ice Age and the Medieval Climate Anomaly, which might have encouraged some increase in migration into England.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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Those who experienced the earthquake are encouraged to report it via the USGS Felt Report form.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Exhort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhort. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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