as in to evangelize
to deliver a sermon
a minister who loves to preach
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Recent Examples of preach
The series followed the Christian fundamentalist clan who used their television platform to preach purity, modesty and religious devotion.
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Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
As Boone alluded to, Tommy John surgery can come with rust and even extended struggles; the Braves had to preach patience with Spencer Strider last year.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
Those dejected fans can find solace in the words of K-pop idols, some of whom preach about the importance of acceptance and self-worth.
—Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
The often combustible Cronin preached to his players to hit the reset button after losing in the Big Ten semifinals and skipping the NCAA selection show.
—Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
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Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
As Boone alluded to, Tommy John surgery can come with rust and even extended struggles; the Braves had to preach patience with Spencer Strider last year.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
Those dejected fans can find solace in the words of K-pop idols, some of whom preach about the importance of acceptance and self-worth.
—Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
The often combustible Cronin preached to his players to hit the reset button after losing in the Big Ten semifinals and skipping the NCAA selection show.
—Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preach
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The actor and comedian, who was married to Katy Perry, has reinvented himself as a Christian convert who evangelizes about free speech and free thinking in MAGA America.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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The vinyl boom started in the late 2000s as a more niche trend among audiofiles and indieheads, with alt-rock figures like Jack White serving as early trailblazers evangelizing the format.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
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Rahill is the master of male-loneliness epidemic comedy, and his best work absorbs the collective unconscious of the internet’s aimless single dudes who sermonize to their phones from front seats of cars in dead mall parking lots, then spits it back out as a ridiculous reflection.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Preach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preach. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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