as in to evangelize
to deliver a sermon
a minister who loves to preach
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Recent Examples of preach
Willie Nelson preaching the health benefits of cannabis in the seventies as Nixon declared the War on Drugs.
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Philip Wolf, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
In this early 19th-century rebirth of backcountry religion, traveling ministers preached a fiery gospel of grace, stirring large crowds with their open-air sermons.
—Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
Should Southern Baptist women be allowed to preach to their congregations or teach Scripture?
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 8 June 2026
But all along Visma’s medical and coaching staff were preaching that Vingegaard wouldn’t fully recover until the 2026 season.
—Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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Philip Wolf, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
In this early 19th-century rebirth of backcountry religion, traveling ministers preached a fiery gospel of grace, stirring large crowds with their open-air sermons.
—Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
Should Southern Baptist women be allowed to preach to their congregations or teach Scripture?
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 8 June 2026
But all along Visma’s medical and coaching staff were preaching that Vingegaard wouldn’t fully recover until the 2026 season.
—Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preach
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Technology leaders who have taken the podium as graduation speakers of late may have figured out AI evangelizing isn’t polling well with young professionals, and tweaked their messaging accordingly.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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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
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At least my mother was one of those who sermonized that sentiment.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Rahill is the master of male-loneliness epidemic comedy, and his best work absorbs the collective unconscious of the internet’s aimless single dudes who sermonize to their phones from front seats of cars in dead mall parking lots, then spits it back out as a ridiculous reflection.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Preach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preach. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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