platitudinizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of platitudinize
as in preaches

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  1. preaches
  2. evangelizes
  3. lectures
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  • As seen in Death of the Pastor’s Wife, John-Paul has continued his ministry and now preaches to a congregation of around 15 to 20 people in a series of pop-up services around Myrtle Beach.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The album closes with a monologue from the director David Cronenberg, who preaches that long-term legacy really can’t be the artist’s concern.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Definition of preaches
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  • Santana evangelizes for the protocol by upending the equation.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2026
  • 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, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of evangelizes
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  • Robert Pozen, who lectures at MIT Sloan School of Management and was formerly president of Fidelity Investments, has an answer to the obvious question about who inspects this.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Khimasia is an independent curator who currently lectures at Rutgers University.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 27 July 2026
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