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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  • 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
  • There’s Mallory McMorrow, a moderate technocrat who preaches the virtues of reaching across the aisle and keeping her own party’s tent roomy.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
Definition of preaches
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  • In fact, they were borne out of more practical considerations, said Elizabeth Morton, a planning and urban design consultant who lectures at George Washington University.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 July 2026
  • Today’s successful downtowns rely on a mix of ingredients, said Steven Falk, the former city manager of Lafayette, who’s served as an interim city executive in Oakland and Richmond and who lectures at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 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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