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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  • Hamilton usually preaches forty Sundays a year, with his sermons beamed into other locations on huge video screens.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Handed to him by the Biden administration, all that sane-washing dovetails beautifully with authoritarian religion, because Evangelical Christianity similarly preaches a version of forgiveness typically lacking in any accountability.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of preaches
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  • Santana evangelizes for the protocol by upending the equation.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of evangelizes
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  • Often, the pincher is in the company of an elder who lectures to her.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Professors structure lectures with an awareness of how a sentence might circulate online.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of lectures
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