as in to preach
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In a park about 2 miles away from Floyd’s grave site, a memorial service was set to take place, followed by five hours of music, preaching, poetry readings and a balloon release.—
Mark Vancleave,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025 -
Unlike Silicon Valley peers who often preach disruption without reflection, Karp positions Palantir as a tool not for power consolidation, but for principled decision-making in complex, high-stakes environments.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Backlash to trans rights had swollen into one of the animating causes of the Republican Party, whose leaders were evangelizing the notion that gender nonconformity was a social contagion that targeted children and threatened to undermine civilization itself.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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Minnie was devoted to the Salvation Army because of the church’s dedication to evangelizing and doing good works.—
Carolyn Kellogg,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Platitudinize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platitudinize. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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