as in teaching
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as in evangelizing
to deliver a sermon
a minister who loves to preach
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Recent Examples of preaching
Rachel Cole, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026
Watch for intense preaching or over-defending beliefs.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
There’s no outright preaching, no plea to condemn or sympathize either way.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
The challenge, according to a thirteenth-century preaching guidebook from Cambridge’s Corpus Christi College, is to make all this curiosity, interest and ambition into the ingredients of a more open and ethical social life.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
My mother got fed up with my nonstop preaching.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
The high court unanimously ruled in the case of Gabriel Olivier, who says his religious and free speech rights were violated when he was arrested for refusing to move his preaching away from a suburban amphitheater.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Jackson is awarded a master of divinity degree from the Chicago Theological Seminary because his life experiences more than fulfill the requirements for his missing courses in pastoral care, preaching and international relations.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
The idea that animals became transfixed by Francis’ preaching was reiterated in other devotional texts.
—Vanessa Corcoran, The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2026
Tom Levenson, Time, 20 May 2026
One moment programmers were preaching the gospel of physical print inspections.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
Was always preaching that the kids attack the ball, even as a defender.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Promoting financial literacy to young people Bessent is not a newcomer to preaching financial literacy.
—Fatima Hussein, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Bessent is not a newcomer to preaching financial literacy.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Harbaugh is preaching the need for his players to be accountable, to love and prioritize football and to practice harder.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Raphael’s great image of Paul preaching in Athens, arms outstretched, crowd rapt, could be the Chairman on tour in Greece.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Bowness had been preaching calm and levity, hoping to keep the group loose and believing the chances his players were creating would eventually give way to some goals.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
Indeed, this period marked the beginning of Copeland’s lifelong emphasis on prosperity theology, which would become central to his preaching and ministry.
—Rachel Cole, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026
Watch for intense preaching or over-defending beliefs.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
There’s no outright preaching, no plea to condemn or sympathize either way.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
The challenge, according to a thirteenth-century preaching guidebook from Cambridge’s Corpus Christi College, is to make all this curiosity, interest and ambition into the ingredients of a more open and ethical social life.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
My mother got fed up with my nonstop preaching.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
The high court unanimously ruled in the case of Gabriel Olivier, who says his religious and free speech rights were violated when he was arrested for refusing to move his preaching away from a suburban amphitheater.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Jackson is awarded a master of divinity degree from the Chicago Theological Seminary because his life experiences more than fulfill the requirements for his missing courses in pastoral care, preaching and international relations.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
The idea that animals became transfixed by Francis’ preaching was reiterated in other devotional texts.
—Vanessa Corcoran, The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2026
Verb
The Reverend Edmond Massey, preaching in the midst of London’s outbreak, captured the essence of such objections.
—Tom Levenson, Time, 20 May 2026
One moment programmers were preaching the gospel of physical print inspections.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
Was always preaching that the kids attack the ball, even as a defender.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Promoting financial literacy to young people Bessent is not a newcomer to preaching financial literacy.
—Fatima Hussein, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Bessent is not a newcomer to preaching financial literacy.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Harbaugh is preaching the need for his players to be accountable, to love and prioritize football and to practice harder.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Raphael’s great image of Paul preaching in Athens, arms outstretched, crowd rapt, could be the Chairman on tour in Greece.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Bowness had been preaching calm and levity, hoping to keep the group loose and believing the chances his players were creating would eventually give way to some goals.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preaching
Noun
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While his previous rosters were ready-made, this one required more teaching.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The program combines the strengths of collaborators to enrich teaching and learning of STEM while building the workforce of the future.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
Verb
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The vinyl boom started in the late 2000s as a more niche trend among audiofiles and indieheads, with alt-rock figures like Jack White serving as early trailblazers evangelizing the format.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
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Merrill, a former injection drug user who is in recovery, counts herself among the thousands of harm reduction workers nationwide evangelizing a shift away from needles and toward pipes.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Competitive balance is a convenient sermon from owners who too often treat contention as optional.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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Speeches and sermons circulated widely, helping create a national political identity before the nation itself formally existed.—
Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Critically, the moralizing over climate change is gone.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
22 May 2026
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Her moralizing of Vernice’s character, which doesn’t happen in reverse, was fascinating to me.—
Tembe Denton-Hurst,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Advertisement While Pulisic is no recluse—he’ll go to an occasional nice dinner with friends—exhortations to step out more go mostly unheeded.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
7 May 2026
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Then the speakers’ exhortations to excellence would build in emotional intensity until women began to weep and the meeting erupted in spontaneous pledges to set new personal bests.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The British Museum elected to postpone a Jewish Culture Month event that was scheduled to take place last Thursday, May 28th due to concerns that the talk—a lecture on Ancient Israel and Judah—might be disrupted by protests.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 June 2026
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That’s the case for the group Cabral and some 35,000 other youth belong to, Hakuna, which started in the early 2010s in a Madrid parish when a group of college students set up a weekly hour of Eucharistic adoration, preceded by a short lecture and followed by a meetup at a local bar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
Noun
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But the lessons Joe Negri taught countless children on television and students in his classroom will leave a lasting imprint of a legendary career and a legacy that will never be forgotten.—
Kristine Sorensen,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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During her time on set of the ABC dramedy, Longoria learned crucial career lessons.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
Noun
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Edmilson is filmed giving a speech, posing for selfies, running training drills, and handing out medals to the children.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Each comes with a text-to-speech button to help blind and low-vision riders, the transit agency says.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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“Preaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preaching. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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