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Recent Examples of moralize
One Battle After Another is not sappy or moralizing in that sentiment.
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
Men’s decisions, by contrast, are very rarely moralized in the same way.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Haslam’s view, in contrast, is that a moralizing foreign policy is inevitably self-defeating.
—Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Realpolitik is one thing; needlessly insulting an ally and condemning it in perversely moralizing terms is another.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 21 Feb. 2025
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
Men’s decisions, by contrast, are very rarely moralized in the same way.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Haslam’s view, in contrast, is that a moralizing foreign policy is inevitably self-defeating.
—Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Realpolitik is one thing; needlessly insulting an ally and condemning it in perversely moralizing terms is another.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moralize
Verb
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Hoover’s Cooking has always preached an egalitarian ethic.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Mar. 2026
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Much of what O’Hearn preached as a longtime coach with the program always circled around defense.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Resist the urge to explain, defend or lecture.—
Becky Kennedy
Sheryl Ziegler,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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My father founded private hospitals south of Johannesburg, and my mother lectured anatomy, presiding over dissections and preparing meat dishes at home with the same attentive care — removing sinew and fat with a dedicated set of kitchen scalpels.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Priests could not catechize children, bring the sacraments to the sick, or do pastoral work outside the local churchyard.—
George Weigel,
WSJ,
17 Mar. 2022
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“Moralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralize. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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