as in to evangelize
to deliver a sermon
a minister who loves to preach
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Recent Examples of preach
James Robison never shied away from his calling to preach the Gospel and feed the hungry throughout the world.
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026
Much like a year ago, when extending Kirill Kaprizov, eventually, with an NHL-record deal worth $17 million per season, Guerin preached patience, saying these things take time.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 19 May 2026
Most of us can identify with the universal recipe for success that was preached to us during our formative years.
—Rodney C. Adkins, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Restaurants build menus around the turning of the seasons; online influencers preach the value of foraging and eating locally.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026
Much like a year ago, when extending Kirill Kaprizov, eventually, with an NHL-record deal worth $17 million per season, Guerin preached patience, saying these things take time.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 19 May 2026
Most of us can identify with the universal recipe for success that was preached to us during our formative years.
—Rodney C. Adkins, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Restaurants build menus around the turning of the seasons; online influencers preach the value of foraging and eating locally.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preach
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The actor and comedian, who was married to Katy Perry, has reinvented himself as a Christian convert who evangelizes about free speech and free thinking in MAGA America.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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As the genre eventually called alt-country calcified in Souled American’s wake, luminaries like John Darnielle, Will Oldham, and Tweedy himself all evangelized about the Chicago group without ever replicating their sound.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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At least my mother was one of those who sermonized that sentiment.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Rahill is the master of male-loneliness epidemic comedy, and his best work absorbs the collective unconscious of the internet’s aimless single dudes who sermonize to their phones from front seats of cars in dead mall parking lots, then spits it back out as a ridiculous reflection.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Preach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preach. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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