as in to urge
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action
the speaker exhorted the graduating students to go forth and try to make a difference in the world
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Recent Examples of exhort
His firm, Strategy, has a business based around acquiring Bitcoin, with Saylor using his outsize social media presence to post memes exhorting others to do the same.
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Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
The housing advocates’ lawsuit, which Johnson exhorted, may in fact lack legal merit.
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David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
Amal and Hezbollah officials told the ambassador-designate to remain in Lebanon and exhorted the government to reverse its decision.
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Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
After a steal and dunk by Reed put UConn back up by six, Huskies coach Dan Hurley began waving his arms wildly at the fans behind his bench, exhorting them to be louder.
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CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for exhort
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
The housing advocates’ lawsuit, which Johnson exhorted, may in fact lack legal merit.
—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
Amal and Hezbollah officials told the ambassador-designate to remain in Lebanon and exhorted the government to reverse its decision.
—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
After a steal and dunk by Reed put UConn back up by six, Huskies coach Dan Hurley began waving his arms wildly at the fans behind his bench, exhorting them to be louder.
—
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Your 10th House of Career and Status receives Jupiter, urging long-range vision and public progress that grows through structure.
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City officials are urging residents to take the heat seriously.
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Valentine also testified that the FDA encourages infant formula companies to send in all adverse event reports and that nothing prevented Mead Johnson from doing so.
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Going forward, the city will encourage data center developers to submit an application for a special use district, meaning the site would specifically be used for a data center, nothing else.
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“Exhort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhort. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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