EXHORTS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

exhorts

verb

present tense third-person singular of exhort

as in urges

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 exhorts In Paris, signage exhorts Métro riders to hydrate regularly, stay attentive to those who are most vulnerable, et cetera. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 27 June 2026 On her deathbed, Mary exhorts her son to take advantage of this situation in grotesquely self-serving terms at odds with the movie’s overall soak-the-rich ethos. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026 Carol, a reclusive and disgruntled bestselling romantasy author, exhorts her reticent audience of five immune English speakers to reclaim human agency against the milquetoast, obsequious blob and join her in a quest to reverse the happiness apocalypse. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025 There is also a growing rhetoric that exhorts the virtues of blue-collar labor. — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025

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Brokos, a former FBI supervisory special agent who led the crisis response at the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, urges caution to anyone eager to get a gun for self-defense.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
The measure urges the Police Commission, which is responsible for LAPD policy changes, to take up the issue this year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

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More of them are asking for telehealth visits, an option the clinic offers and encourages to abate patients’ fears that visiting the doctor could lead to a run-in with ICE, according to Motorwala.

— Michelle Marchante July 29, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
The company’s campaign directs people experiencing involuntary movements to their dedicated website and encourages them to consult healthcare providers.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 29 July 2026

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