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a public speech usually by a member of the clergy for the purpose of giving moral guidance or uplift
a sermon whose message was that we should love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves
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Recent Examples of sermons
Dani provides the voiceover, filled with strained metaphors about earthquakes and sermons on the importance of summer, but the pretense that the dialogue is taken from his interrogation is quickly abandoned.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
19 June 2026
The fracas played out in heated sermons, editorials, and denominational meetings.
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Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
His father was a Southern Baptist minister, and his Sunday morning sermons were broadcast on the radio in the afternoons.
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Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Post with his cigarettes and endless fan interaction, and Jelly with his sermons on generational trauma and second chances.
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Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
10 June 2026
His father’s Sunday sermons were played back on local radio station WLBN 1590 AM, a 1,000-watt station operating from sunrise to sunset.
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Stephen L. Betts,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026
In this early 19th-century rebirth of backcountry religion, traveling ministers preached a fiery gospel of grace, stirring large crowds with their open-air sermons.
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Matthew Smith,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
Dodd proposed her father's birthday, June 5, as Father's Day, but ministers selected the third Sunday in June to allow more time after Mother’s Day to prepare their sermons.
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Finch Walker,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Speeches and sermons circulated widely, helping create a national political identity before the nation itself formally existed.
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Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
Alison Herman,
Variety,
19 June 2026
The fracas played out in heated sermons, editorials, and denominational meetings.
—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
His father was a Southern Baptist minister, and his Sunday morning sermons were broadcast on the radio in the afternoons.
—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Post with his cigarettes and endless fan interaction, and Jelly with his sermons on generational trauma and second chances.
—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
10 June 2026
His father’s Sunday sermons were played back on local radio station WLBN 1590 AM, a 1,000-watt station operating from sunrise to sunset.
—
Stephen L. Betts,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026
In this early 19th-century rebirth of backcountry religion, traveling ministers preached a fiery gospel of grace, stirring large crowds with their open-air sermons.
—
Matthew Smith,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
Dodd proposed her father's birthday, June 5, as Father's Day, but ministers selected the third Sunday in June to allow more time after Mother’s Day to prepare their sermons.
—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Speeches and sermons circulated widely, helping create a national political identity before the nation itself formally existed.
—
Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sermons
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Though parents would have the option to opt their children out of some of the required teachings, Clark said, missing lessons could impact students’ test scores.
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Below, members of Forbes Technology Council share lessons larger engineering organizations can take from small development teams and why doing so can make a meaningful positive difference.
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Throughout Friday night’s speeches, there were efforts to focus on issues such as affordability and education, and move beyond party lines.
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And students interested in things like script writing, public speaking or audio wrote and voiced the robots’ speeches.
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Cole’s canvases were synthetic constructions teeming with homilies.
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No lectures, no homilies, no empty words.
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Qatar also said technical talks between Iran and the United States are continuing, but there are currently no high-level meetings between the two.
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The Iranian regime’s apparent hesitancy to resume in-person talks is a significant step back from the high-level talks that took place in Switzerland earlier this month following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the countries.
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“Sermons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermons. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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