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a statement that strongly urges someone to do or avoid doing something
Despite her parents' exhortations to spend responsibly, she blew most of her savings on an expensive sports car.
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Recent Examples of exhortations
Her voice was loud and hoarse, calling out comments or exhortations concerning the game.
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Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
But local leaders had no doubt about the perpetrators, even though the state’s campaign had previously been carried out through public exhortations and directives, not clandestine repaintings.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Each of Sanders’s videos is accompanied by thousands of comments, most by apparently delighted women who feel liberated by Sanders’s exhortations.
—Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2025
Perhaps the exhortations of the Ukrainian and other European leaders had resonated.
—Tom Nagorski, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
But local leaders had no doubt about the perpetrators, even though the state’s campaign had previously been carried out through public exhortations and directives, not clandestine repaintings.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Each of Sanders’s videos is accompanied by thousands of comments, most by apparently delighted women who feel liberated by Sanders’s exhortations.
—Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2025
Perhaps the exhortations of the Ukrainian and other European leaders had resonated.
—Tom Nagorski, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhortations
Noun
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The panel issued over 100 recommendations, from limiting cash bail for misdemeanors to expanding racial equity training for prosecutors.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Schoonen noted that many of the report’s recommendations will be used to develop a set of best-practices and model legislation that could be drafted into state laws and management recommendations for state wildlife agencies.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Swift’s involvement in the legal battle relates, in part, to suggestions from Lively that Baldoni altered a rooftop scene at the beginning of the film.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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Have suggestions for future picks?—
Melody Wilding,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In recent years, Grupo Firme, Fuerza Regida, and Peso Pluma have received similar warnings from different cartels, prompting them to cancel shows to protect themselves and their fans.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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France’s cyber defense agency CERT-FR has confirmed the latest such warnings have just been issued.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Exhortations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhortations. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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