as in evangelizing
to deliver a sermon
a minister who loves to preach
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Recent Examples of preaching
Hailey Roden, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2025
Boys Go to Jupiter captures an adolescent malaise without talking down to its teens — there is no preaching about real jobs, responsibilities, or five-year plans.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
Her role includes supervising program staff and overseeing church programs as well as assisting in the preaching, teaching and pastoral ministry of the church.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Aquarians are humanitarians who spread their gospel by preaching to others.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The faith teaches that pastors preaching from the pulpit are proclaiming the word of God.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Nuno was preaching patience in more ways than one afterwards, when asked what the England under-21 duo of McAtee and Hutchinson — who both played alongside Anderson in the team that won the Under-21 European Championship in June — would bring for Forest.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
All three men stopped preaching conversion therapy in the 2000s, then denounced the practice altogether.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Goines returned to the church in October to continue preaching and is listed as the lead pastor on the church’s website.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2025
And that’s an awful double standard for an advisor to live under while preaching financial stability and wealth management to their clients.
—Marc Rogers, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Lady Gaga has been preaching about protecting the dolls for most of her career.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
According to a release, at the center of the memorial is a slightly larger than life size bronze of King preaching, in a welcoming gesture.
—Hailey Roden, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2025
Boys Go to Jupiter captures an adolescent malaise without talking down to its teens — there is no preaching about real jobs, responsibilities, or five-year plans.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
Her role includes supervising program staff and overseeing church programs as well as assisting in the preaching, teaching and pastoral ministry of the church.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
Noun
It’s set in a small-town community in upstate New York, where the long-gray-haired and bearded Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin) is the contempo version of a fire-and-brimstone cult leader, preaching fury in the form of piety.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Aquarians are humanitarians who spread their gospel by preaching to others.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The faith teaches that pastors preaching from the pulpit are proclaiming the word of God.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Nuno was preaching patience in more ways than one afterwards, when asked what the England under-21 duo of McAtee and Hutchinson — who both played alongside Anderson in the team that won the Under-21 European Championship in June — would bring for Forest.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
All three men stopped preaching conversion therapy in the 2000s, then denounced the practice altogether.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Goines returned to the church in October to continue preaching and is listed as the lead pastor on the church’s website.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2025
And that’s an awful double standard for an advisor to live under while preaching financial stability and wealth management to their clients.
—Marc Rogers, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Lady Gaga has been preaching about protecting the dolls for most of her career.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preaching
Verb
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Now, with Vision Pro on shelves and AR an official focus for Apple’s future pipeline, thanks to years of CEO Tim Cook evangelizing the bleeding-edge tech, Apple is putting these spatial capabilities front and center in the iPhone.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Aug. 2025
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Brian Contos is the Field CISO at Mitiga with 30+ years of experience building successful companies and evangelizing cybersecurity.—
Brian Contos,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Wicks’ sermons tend toward the extreme fire-and-brimstone, vengeance-is-mine variety.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Sep. 2025
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As a result, Jud gets sent to a small-town church, Our Lady of Perpetual Grace, which the resident priest, Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), has run into the ground with his fiery sermons.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Invest in Teachers Finland constantly ranks at the top in education outcomes, and teaching is one of the most respected professions here.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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There were also countless teaching opportunities.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her voice was loud and hoarse, calling out comments or exhortations concerning the game.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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But local leaders had no doubt about the perpetrators, even though the state’s campaign had previously been carried out through public exhortations and directives, not clandestine repaintings.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Instead of giving a long lecture on the subject, the teacher shares a 5 minute video highlighting the main events of the war.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
10 Sep. 2025
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However, the first module typically is a single video lecture introducing the class.—
Jill Duffy,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But fun aside, Wilson and Ciara are hoping to teach their kids other vital life lessons.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
9 Sep. 2025
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Limiting access to medications One of the most important lessons to come out of the data is that families should lock away over-the-counter and prescription medications and dispose of old products safely, Hoffmann said.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If all that is a little too cerebral, viewers can wait out the pontificating until the next performance comes along.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After making a positive impact on Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) in her season 2 debut, Chef Terry returned in the season 3 finale to deliver a moving speech about the importance of a restaurant being service to the customer — not the food itself.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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After the speeches on the Capitol steps, the crowd marched to 8th Street and then back toward the Capitol.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Preaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preaching. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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