EXHORTS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

exhorts

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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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The advisory urges drivers to slow down, use their headlights, and leave extra space between vehicles.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Still, Malwarebytes urges users to be careful when searching for GTA 6 leaks.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026

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