as in to evangelize
to deliver a sermon
a minister who loves to preach
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Recent Examples of preach
Morgan and Tilis have frequently preached the desire to ascend and maintain.
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Mike Kaye
april 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
In dismissing them on Saturday, Leo, who is on an 11-day trip in Africa, vowed to continue to preach the gospel.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
The pope is now clarifying his primary mission is to preach peace to the people of Africa, not the president of the United States.
—CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
Leo has emerged as strong critic of the conflict and his speech again preached a message of peace and rebuked leaders using religious language to justify war.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
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Mike Kaye
april 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
In dismissing them on Saturday, Leo, who is on an 11-day trip in Africa, vowed to continue to preach the gospel.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
The pope is now clarifying his primary mission is to preach peace to the people of Africa, not the president of the United States.
—CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
Leo has emerged as strong critic of the conflict and his speech again preached a message of peace and rebuked leaders using religious language to justify war.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preach
Verb
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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 2 May. 2026.
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