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  • present participle of preach.
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preaching

[pree-ching] / ˈpri tʃɪŋ /


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And I just had a whole chapter of preaching about the evils of all these quasi-sinful things one can do when trying to rhyme.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

In his roughly 50 years preaching, Hutchinson says the anxiety he is hearing about AI outranks everything.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

But instead of preaching to the choir, he contends with society’s gray areas, never offering a solution — or even his own opinion — on the difficult topics at hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Some passengers are very happy with my message. Some even say they have never heard the message in church, but through my preaching they now know it is in the Bible," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

I felt like a total fool, out there every day preaching, and apparendy not knowing what was going on right under my nose, in my own organization, involving the very man I was praising so.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Iranian diplomats for years have pointed to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s preachings as a binding fatwa, or religious edict, that Iran wouldn’t seek an atomic bomb.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

Teal Swan claims she's not a cult leader, but a quick look at the spiritual teacher's controversial preachings and large-scale following raises questions.

From Salon ● May 19, 2022

Imam Doudi and his lawyer insist that many of his preachings are merely stock phrases taken directly from Islam’s sacred texts and are not meant to be taken literally.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2018

In 1518 he went to study at the University of Paris where it is believed he first came across the preachings of Martin Luther, a German theologian who essentially founded Protestantism.

From BBC ● May 3, 2016

Throughout his life he was a staunch Protestant and at Cambridge he used to attend the preachings of Hugh Latimer.

From The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde


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