as in preached
to try to convert (a group or area) to a different religion (especially Christianity)
The missionaries set out to evangelize the world.
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Recent Examples of evangelized
Kottikollon’s approach diverges sharply from Silicon Valley’s model, often defined by prescription-heavy biohacking and evangelized by the likes of Bryan Johnson.
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2026
Elsewhere, Ba has evangelized the kind of faster, more reliable access to the internet that 2Africa promises.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Influencers skipped the middleman and built audiences on nontraditional platforms — something Ashe had evangelized years earlier.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 26 Sep. 2025
Is the cause of Wings something that really needs to be … evangelized?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2026
Elsewhere, Ba has evangelized the kind of faster, more reliable access to the internet that 2Africa promises.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Influencers skipped the middleman and built audiences on nontraditional platforms — something Ashe had evangelized years earlier.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 26 Sep. 2025
Is the cause of Wings something that really needs to be … evangelized?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evangelized
preached
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That’s a point Caissie himself has preached over the weekend.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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After being encouraged to read the Beatitudes, Long Rife committed her life to Christianity, later going to Faith Bible College back in Iowa and joining a barnstorming team that preached the gospel while entertaining fans across Asia.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Evangelized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evangelized. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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