as in evangelized
to deliver a sermon
a minister who loves to preach
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Recent Examples of preached
Hegseth began hosting worship at the Pentagon in May 2025, when his Tennessee pastor, Brooks Potteiger, preached.
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Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
The often combustible Cronin preached to his players to hit the reset button after losing in the Big Ten semifinals and skipping the NCAA selection show.
—Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
Cronin preached for his team to hit the reset button after losing in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals and skipping the NCAA selection show.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
Wilson, its most prominent leader, identifies as a Christian nationalist and preached at the Pentagon in February at Hegseth’s invitation.
—Tiffany Stanley, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Hoover’s Cooking has always preached an egalitarian ethic.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
Much of what O’Hearn preached as a longtime coach with the program always circled around defense.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
Brown and his staff, however, have regularly preached to the players about playing with physicality, and it’s paid off after a weeks-long spell when the Knicks had one of the worst defenses in the league.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
The most famous fatwa was issued by Ibn Taymiyyah, a fierce Sunni jurist of the fourteenth century, who preached a rigid interpretation of the Quran and strict adherence to the cultural habits of the great deserts of the Arabian Peninsula.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
The often combustible Cronin preached to his players to hit the reset button after losing in the Big Ten semifinals and skipping the NCAA selection show.
—Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
Cronin preached for his team to hit the reset button after losing in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals and skipping the NCAA selection show.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
Wilson, its most prominent leader, identifies as a Christian nationalist and preached at the Pentagon in February at Hegseth’s invitation.
—Tiffany Stanley, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Hoover’s Cooking has always preached an egalitarian ethic.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
Much of what O’Hearn preached as a longtime coach with the program always circled around defense.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
Brown and his staff, however, have regularly preached to the players about playing with physicality, and it’s paid off after a weeks-long spell when the Knicks had one of the worst defenses in the league.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
The most famous fatwa was issued by Ibn Taymiyyah, a fierce Sunni jurist of the fourteenth century, who preached a rigid interpretation of the Quran and strict adherence to the cultural habits of the great deserts of the Arabian Peninsula.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preached
evangelized
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Kottikollon’s approach diverges sharply from Silicon Valley’s model, often defined by prescription-heavy biohacking and evangelized by the likes of Bryan Johnson.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
14 Feb. 2026
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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
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“Preached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preached. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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