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.
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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
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
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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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