platitudinizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of platitudinize
as in preaches

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  1. preaches
  2. evangelizes
  3. lectures
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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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  • The actor and comedian, who was married to Katy Perry, has reinvented himself as a Christian convert who evangelizes about free speech and free thinking in MAGA America.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Ely evangelizes the merits of the program.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
Definition of evangelizes
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  • Those experiences deepen understanding in ways that lectures and memorization alone rarely can.
    — Lisa Schade, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Khimasia is an independent curator who currently lectures at Rutgers University.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 27 July 2026
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