as in to preach
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Recent Examples of moralize
Dissecting private reproductive choices through a collective lens, as the authors do, comes with a high risk of moralizing fertility.
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Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
People who moralize intrinsic motivation often expect it from everyone else.
—Mijeong Kwon, The Conversation, 25 Nov. 2025
The good guy, the bad guy, the place to sit and reside, to feel right or wrong or righteous or moralized and she's left us quite naked with an incredibly complex detailed topic.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
One Battle After Another is not sappy or moralizing in that sentiment.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
People who moralize intrinsic motivation often expect it from everyone else.
—Mijeong Kwon, The Conversation, 25 Nov. 2025
The good guy, the bad guy, the place to sit and reside, to feel right or wrong or righteous or moralized and she's left us quite naked with an incredibly complex detailed topic.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
One Battle After Another is not sappy or moralizing in that sentiment.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moralize
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With no operation required, his recovery comes down to healing time and a specialist's sign-off rather than a procedure, which is why his camp is preaching patience.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The league’s complaint against Texas Tech spends considerable energy preaching about the vices of college athletes betting on sports.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
17 June 2026
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All while performatively lecturing and demanding everyone agree with his viewpoints.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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If and until that day comes, there will be fingerpointing, lecturing and posturing, all of which has flowed freely in the wake of the Sorsby decision.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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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 25 Jun. 2026.
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