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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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Duckworth also faced backlash from critics who argued that her message was, at best, a series of hollow exhortations to simply try harder and, at worst, an insidious form of victim-blaming that ignored structural inequality.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
His character is a severe, hectoring figure; his lessons amount to an exhortation to be as mean as possible when money is concerned.

— Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhortation

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Nearly all of their rituals are rooted in female submission, expressed without words to keep the film from feeling like a lecture.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Biographers of Berryman, including Eileen, tend to record the Shakespeare lecture as a turning point of sorts for the American poet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

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Out of the 20,000 names on the list, only 7,035 had addresses in Los Angeles County and some were duplicates, according to a separate Tuesday court filing by Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan.

— Miles Parks, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
Those searches disclosed West’s address, date of birth, Social Security number and other information, according to the filing.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026

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