dissert

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Verb
  • The discussion did not address the controversy, but Brody did expound on how dialect coach Tanera Marshall and familial inspirations, specifically his grandfather, shaped his vocal characterization of László Tóth, the film’s fictional Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Strangio is joined by a number of trans activists — including famous faces like Elliot Page, and an outspoken 12-year-old named Mila — in not only expounding upon daily prejudices and hypocrisies of anti-trans alarmism, but also daily mundanities.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Trump reportedly pontificated about striking fentanyl labs inside Mexico during his first term.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Stearns didn’t even pontificate, between a healthy start by Max Scherzer and a healthy start by Jacob deGrom, about tenths of a percent of World Series odds in 2026 like Billy Eppler did in 2022.
    Tim Britton, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
Verb
  • Not just when Juicy soliloquizes across the proscenium or Tedra casts us some side-eye.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Not everyone can soliloquize like Gaga.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Sep. 2022
Verb
  • Each night, Imams may recite one thirtieth of the Quran in a special nightly prayer so that the entire holy book will be read by the end of the month, according to the Islamic Network Group.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
  • During Taraweeh, the prayer leader recites one 30th of the Qur'an each night, ensuring the entire Qur'an is recited by the end of Ramadan.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Dissert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissert. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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