preachifying

Definition of preachifyingnext
present participle of preachify

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Verb
  • Cook, his successor, has been preaching it since becoming CEO in 2011, shortly before Jobs' death.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Some are preaching nirvana or being blunt about impending job loss while appearing to be oblivious to the fact that most people don’t want a world without work.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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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“Preachifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preachifying. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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