as in preached
to deliver a sermon
did not believe that it was the president's place to sermonize, especially to other world leaders
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The pulpit where sermons were preached looked like an abstract disaster.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026 -
Darnold insisted he's tried to treat this week the same as any other, even if the stakes of the game are the highest, a mantra Macdonald has also preached.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Sermonized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermonized. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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