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preachment

noun

Definition of preachment

as in exhortation

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Recent Examples of preachment This is why their exhortations and preachments are so commonly met with bemused responses. — Adolph Reed Jr., Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022 Both figures suggest that the Church’s preachment would be inaccessible to the majority of the English people in both Latin and the vernacular without some sort of visual aid. — John Hirschauer, National Review, 14 Nov. 2019 And the filmmaker—a cold term for such a masterly artist—has portrayed every bit of it with perfect clarity and not the slightest whiff of preachment. — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2018

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Noun

Their exhortations to get rich quick, drive fast cars and aggressively treat women as property are followed by millions of people online.

— Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Lundberg writes that the poem is both an explication of the promise of America and an exhortation to persevere on behalf of the country.

— The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

Definition of exhortation

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What mattered in the demonstration was Sparky’s ability to work with speech, handwriting, and a diagram while leaving the mathematical work to the student.

— Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
His speech also came the week after the White House forced out the three remaining members of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission, which helps election officials improve the administration of elections.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of speech

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No lecture about how her actions might inflame an already toxic situation involving the league’s most visible player.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie is going on trial again, this time in a federal terrorism case that is probing deeper into what allegedly motivated the stabbing on a lecture stage in 2022.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of lecture

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Both Smith-Howell and Duncan’s phones registered at the address on the night of Duncan’s disappearance, the court document said.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
The car was later found at Izaguirre Cepero’s home address at 20501 Manta Drive, according to his arrest affidavit.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

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