preachment

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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 It may well be called a preachment for peace. Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023 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 His preachments about climate change, to put a rational gloss on it, were a sales pitch. Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 22 June 2018 No preachments are preached, no parables are dwelled on. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2017 No preachments are preached, no parables are dwelled on. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preachment
Noun
  • Yet this was not an exhortation to double down on partisanship.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Slot became more involved in the post-match celebrations with supporters than ever before, raising his arms to the Kop in an apparent exhortation for fans to give a little more.
    Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Young came out gripping his 1953 Gibson Les Paul, better known as Old Black, shortly after a fiery speech by Service Employees International Union President April Verrett.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2025
  • At the grand opening that September, former Republican President George W. Bush, who had signed the bill authorizing federal funding for the museum, and Barack Obama, a Democrat and then the nation’s first Black president, delivered passionate speeches supporting the museum.
    Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At one point during five days of questioning, Miller received a lecture from Richard T. Bretzing, who ran the FBI’s L.A. office and was a bishop in the Mormon Church.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
  • With sample disasters like this one in mind, Fielder heads to the Aviation Technology Complex for a lecture that John Goglia is giving to students about his experience at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ensure your Wi-Fi router is using the latest software by logging into your router settings through a web browser (check the manual for the address) or its app.
    Kara McGinley, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The family’s address and the address of her husband’s previous employer have been posted all over social media.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Preachment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preachment. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.

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