as in to evangelize
to deliver a sermon
a minister who loves to preach
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Recent Examples of preach
Rhodes wanted the Cena that preached hustle, loyalty and respect over the course of his 25-year career.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2025
For years, pastors were told that preaching on politics, let alone endorsing a candidate from the pulpit, could threaten their church’s tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service.
—Lauren Cooley, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2025
That day, Kinloch had joined other front-runners at pre-primary breakfast hosted by radio personality Mildred Gaddis of The Mildred Gaddis Show on Kiss FM 105.9, and preached at his church’s Detroit location on the east side.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 6 Aug. 2025
During a performance evaluation, three superiors told Lucero that he was not allowed to preach, teach or talk about his religion at work, the suit said.
—Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 30 July 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2025
For years, pastors were told that preaching on politics, let alone endorsing a candidate from the pulpit, could threaten their church’s tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service.
—Lauren Cooley, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2025
That day, Kinloch had joined other front-runners at pre-primary breakfast hosted by radio personality Mildred Gaddis of The Mildred Gaddis Show on Kiss FM 105.9, and preached at his church’s Detroit location on the east side.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 6 Aug. 2025
During a performance evaluation, three superiors told Lucero that he was not allowed to preach, teach or talk about his religion at work, the suit said.
—Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preach
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Celebrities evangelize companies when something fixes a personal frustration.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Now, with Vision Pro on shelves and AR an official focus for Apple’s future pipeline, thanks to years of CEO Tim Cook evangelizing the bleeding-edge tech, Apple is putting these spatial capabilities front and center in the iPhone.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Aug. 2025
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The sermonizing lands hardest near the beginning and end of Life of Pi, where director Max Webster lets things get a little slack and starry-eyed.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2023
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Raised in the segregated south, he was steeped in the tradition of Confederate preachers who sermonized to their flocks in the CSA on the holiness of white supremacy and characterized the Christian god as inherently racist.—
Jared Yates Sexton,
The New Republic,
25 Mar. 2020
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“Preach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preach. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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