moralized

verb

past tense of moralize
as in preached

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  1. preached
  2. lectured
  3. inculcated
Verb
  • Signing Arnold, who is currently surrounded by significant uncertainty, would counter the principles Glenn has preached over the past 17 months.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026
  • But for an administration that has preached the sanctity of national symbols and is keen on casting itself as the steward of all things America this summer, the potential breach carries a note of irony.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Definition of preached
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  • Parsipur taught at Brown University in the early 2000s and lectured internationally throughout the ensuing decades.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 13 July 2026
  • Once, in anthropology class, my professor lectured on an insular island tribe that cackled whenever someone got hurt.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of lectured
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  • We were constantly informed that our purpose was to become genteel and inculcated in Christian virtue.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • Patriotism is a value that an IP-dependent tech company fighting Chinese rivals might well be happy to see inculcated in its employees.
    — Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Definition of inculcated
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