moralizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of moralize
as in preaches

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  1. preaches
  2. lectures
  3. inculcates
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  • The album closes with a monologue from the director David Cronenberg, who preaches that long-term legacy really can’t be the artist’s concern.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Schenck essentially preaches staying on the back leg, coiling up the body, letting the ball go as deep as possible and then unleashing a swing as fast as possible.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2026
Definition of preaches
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  • Robert Pozen, who lectures at MIT Sloan School of Management and was formerly president of Fidelity Investments, has an answer to the obvious question about who inspects this.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Khimasia is an independent curator who currently lectures at Rutgers University.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 27 July 2026
Definition of lectures
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  • Because there’s something about the college environment that really inculcates hierarchy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Definition of inculcates
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