as in to preach
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Recent Examples of moralize
Dissecting private reproductive choices through a collective lens, as the authors do, comes with a high risk of moralizing fertility.
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Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
People who moralize intrinsic motivation often expect it from everyone else.
—Mijeong Kwon, The Conversation, 25 Nov. 2025
The good guy, the bad guy, the place to sit and reside, to feel right or wrong or righteous or moralized and she's left us quite naked with an incredibly complex detailed topic.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
One Battle After Another is not sappy or moralizing in that sentiment.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
People who moralize intrinsic motivation often expect it from everyone else.
—Mijeong Kwon, The Conversation, 25 Nov. 2025
The good guy, the bad guy, the place to sit and reside, to feel right or wrong or righteous or moralized and she's left us quite naked with an incredibly complex detailed topic.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
One Battle After Another is not sappy or moralizing in that sentiment.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moralize
Verb
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Clark had the honor of preaching from the pulpit last year for the 149th anniversary.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Throughout his coaching career in Golden State, Kerr has taken every opening to preach left-wing politics.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Steve Kerr's new New Yorker interview sounds a lot less like a man eager to lecture Americans and a lot more like a man trying to clean up a mess he's spent years making.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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At Yale, where Garber began her career, Jacques Derrida was a frequent visitor, and Paul de Man might be found down the corridor solemnly lecturing on Nietzsche.—
Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Priests could not catechize children, bring the sacraments to the sick, or do pastoral work outside the local churchyard.—
George Weigel,
WSJ,
17 Mar. 2022
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“Moralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralize. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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