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Recent Examples of Synonyms for platitudinizing
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The reason the rap got the thumbs up from the crew was not just due to the freestyle stylings of the burgeoning MC, but rather a matter of practicing what everyone had been preaching.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026 -
Baptist and Presbyterian preachers were fined and jailed by local authorities for preaching without licenses.—
Corey D. B. Walker,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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Merrill, a former injection drug user who is in recovery, counts herself among the thousands of harm reduction workers nationwide evangelizing a shift away from needles and toward pipes.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
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The writers who loved it, however, described it in the evangelizing tone that would define the Blue Nile’s legacy.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Platitudinizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platitudinizing. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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