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noun

as in teaching

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verb

present participle of preach
as in evangelizing
to deliver a sermon a minister who loves to preach

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Recent Examples of preaching
Noun
Falwell’s preaching struck me as the antithesis of those values. — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026 Worship centers on prayer, the reading and preaching of scripture, congregational singing, and the celebration of the Eucharist. — Stephanie Triplettall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026 In those days, there were divinity-school students from Yale, Andover, and Amherst preaching abolition and establishing schools throughout the frontier. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026 Watch for intense preaching or over-defending beliefs. — Usa Today, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026 There’s no outright preaching, no plea to condemn or sympathize either way. — David Opie, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026 My mother got fed up with my nonstop preaching. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026 The high court unanimously ruled in the case of Gabriel Olivier, who says his religious and free speech rights were violated when he was arrested for refusing to move his preaching away from a suburban amphitheater. — ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026 Jackson is awarded a master of divinity degree from the Chicago Theological Seminary because his life experiences more than fulfill the requirements for his missing courses in pastoral care, preaching and international relations. — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
He was branded a heretic, in part for preaching that the nobility were immoral and so was nobility itself. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026 His predictions mostly involved preaching to the AI evangelist choir, and his fervor for the tech evidently led him to throw caution to the winds of Wall Street. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026 Video footage in the documentary shows that John-Paul began preaching about Mica’s suicide the next day, before a coroner’s report had even come in. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026 Yet Parton masterfully stayed out of every fight in the culture wars, preaching love, philanthropy, mentorship and tolerance until her dying breath. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 Along with preaching meritocracy, Rolapp brought up rules that applied to the players who bolted for LIV Golf with big signing bonuses. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Because of its theological significance and widespread use in preaching, public displays of faith, and popular culture, the verse is one of the most recognizable passages of Scripture. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026 Schlesinger’s Atlantic essay was preaching from his own text. — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026 In addition to being a member of the NYPD, De Paula was a pastor who dedicated part of her life to preaching and serving her community, the outlet reported. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preaching
  1. teaching
  2. evangelizing
  3. sermon
  4. sermonizing
  5. moralizing
  6. exhortation
  7. lecture
  8. lesson
Noun
  • Brother Govindananda, a monk with the order, said his organization sees AI simply as the next step to helping people access the late guru’s teachings through an online teaching portal — just as books did for previous generations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • John Warner, a writer and expert on the teaching of writing in the AI age, has visited universities in different parts of the country to observe how students are embracing AI.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of teaching
Verb
  • Stephen Colbert, one of my heroes, has spent decades evangelizing Tolkien’s compassion and courage.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
  • No doubt many other religious institutions have seized on the World Cup with these and other emphases, including evangelizing and otherwise stressing their uniqueness.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
Definition of evangelizing
Noun
  • The board brought in Pam Muise, a pastor who knew Miller as a child, to help preach some sermons.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
  • His Atlanta sermon comes as political campaigns and outside organizations ramp up voter outreach ahead of elections this fall.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of sermon
Verb
  • Congress has also shown an affinity for weighing in on sports disputes—consider the airtime members of Congress receive when sermonizing on the state of college sports.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of sermonizing
Noun
  • Easy moralizing would be wrong, but moral indifference might be impossible.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Critically, the moralizing over climate change is gone.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 22 May 2026
Definition of moralizing
Noun
  • His character is a severe, hectoring figure; his lessons amount to an exhortation to be as mean as possible when money is concerned.
    — Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The faith leader’s exhortation shows the depth of the divide in the Moskowitz-Larkin contest.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhortation
Noun
  • Flipping the lecture cycle Classically, engineering courses default to hours of lectures where students are expected to take notes, with problem sets and exams bolted on.
    — Jason Corso, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • As YouTube faces heightened scrutiny in Brussels, the lecture also had some lobbying purposes.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of lecture
Noun
  • This was the first life lesson Dolly Parton delivered in her earliest appearance on Hannah Montana as the ebullient Aunt Dolly.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In fact, one lesson of these novels seemed to be that American girls were loveable in much the same way that America’s past was—as an ideal.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of lesson

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“Preaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preaching. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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