as in to evangelize
to deliver a sermon
a minister who loves to preach
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Recent Examples of preach
Was always preaching that the kids attack the ball, even as a defender.
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Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Bessent is not a newcomer to preaching financial literacy.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Kramer also liked what Santos preached to his players throughout the year.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 24 Apr. 2026
Sirianni has long preached the importance of explosive plays.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Bessent is not a newcomer to preaching financial literacy.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Kramer also liked what Santos preached to his players throughout the year.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 24 Apr. 2026
Sirianni has long preached the importance of explosive plays.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preach
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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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As the genre eventually called alt-country calcified in Souled American’s wake, luminaries like John Darnielle, Will Oldham, and Tweedy himself all evangelized about the Chicago group without ever replicating their sound.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Pitchfork,
17 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 18 May. 2026.
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