preached

past tense of preach
as in evangelized
to deliver a sermon a minister who loves to preach

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Recent Examples of preached Ahead of the Jets' 37-22 loss to the Dallas Cowboys last week, Glenn preached that a recent practice leading up to the game was one of their best. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025 Pastors preached about the dangers and sacrifices miners faced deep underground, in an age of few regulations. The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025 Payton's preached for weeks that the Broncos have to have better discipline, and even put up a breakdown in a meeting room this past week of how many penalties each individual player had through three weeks. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025 Where Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young famously urged his front office mates to be willing to trade prospects, Harris has preached the belief in building a sustainable winner. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 Those three words are the cornerstones of what Hetherman has preached daily since taking over as defensive coordinator in January. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025 Trump preached about an America in decline despite reams of evidence to the contrary. Philip Elliott, Time, 24 Sep. 2025 In the Book of Acts, the pagans of Athens gathered to hear the gospel preached by Paul. Brooke L. Rollins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 That’s something that’s preached about. Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preached
evangelized
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  • Elsewhere, Ba has evangelized the kind of faster, more reliable access to the internet that 2Africa promises.
    Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Influencers skipped the middleman and built audiences on nontraditional platforms — something Ashe had evangelized years earlier.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Preached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preached. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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