as in to preach
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The pulpit where sermons were preached looked like an abstract disaster.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026 -
Recent Emmy nominee and beloved Broadway star Michael Urie gets to embrace Brian’s egomania by preaching its benefits in an improvised TED talk… only to then repeatedly abandon his personal belief system in favor of the show’s supportive communal vibes.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2026
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Neal Rubin Carrie Klingelsmith evangelizes about hunger anyplace that will let her through the door.—
NEAL RUBIN,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Han evangelizes the many ways that self-driving vehicles—and moving away from a car-centric culture—can improve society.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Preachify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preachify. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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