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evangelize

[ih-van-juh-lahyz] / ɪˈvæn dʒəˌlaɪz /


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The founding members, David Rubin, Telsey and Lora Kennedy, spent years trying to evangelize their work to other branches of the Academy.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

Maybe I wouldn’t be so tempted to evangelize if it weren’t for Cruise and director Chris McQuarrie’s ability to so presciently understand what the “Mission: Impossible” franchise can be.

From Salon May 24, 2025

In that way, the choice to debut “Galilee, 34” at an Orange County theater “is mirroring what the play is about,” said actor Berryman of the characters’ debate about where to evangelize.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2024

They evangelize about important deadlines for financial aid and guide students through their college decisions.

From Seattle Times Jan. 22, 2024

As soon as possible Dominic sent forth his followers, of whom there were but sixteen, to evangelize the world, just as the Franciscans were undertaking their first missionary journeys.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

When asked what she wants Seattle Times readers to know about her Walls of Books locations, Vaughn evangelizes about the neighborly art of bookselling.

From Seattle Times Sep. 23, 2022

He often evangelizes on fair-minded bosses and companies.

From Washington Post Aug. 18, 2022

It derives its value from people actually using it, which is why Sun evangelizes Tron.

From The Verge Sep. 29, 2020

Ortiz, too, said he evangelizes electronic borrowing — even if it means longer waits for Tana French and Stephen King.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2019

But where Kanye’s devotion has always resembled the near-mystic inwardness and complexity of John’s Gospel, Chance is more like the apostles of Acts: he relentlessly, almost compulsively, evangelizes and invites.

From The New Yorker May 24, 2016

As technology improved, particularly AI that handles time-consuming administrative tasks like building spreadsheets or sorting important from low priority emails, Pacitti evangelized working in microshifts to his staff and promoted it in recruiting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

“The approach that we adopted and evangelized over the last two years has proven to be really effective at decreasing harm and violence,” Braniff told the task force.

From Salon May 29, 2025

And Ann Patchett evangelized her treadmill desk, which she said gave her a wonderful sense of “walking into my book” and which she spoke of with such fervor I briefly considered getting one myself.

From Seattle Times Oct. 23, 2023

Dutch extreme athlete and wellness guru Wim Hof, known as “the Iceman,” evangelized the practice as key to his fitness method.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 11, 2023

Kent and East Anglia, which was evangelized by Felix, a Burgundian bishop sent from Canterbury, were settled in the faith.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various

Among many poignant episodes, Mr. Ryrie follows John Ogilvie’s successful evangelizing among Mohawks in 1750s Virginia, a story laced with irony.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Not only was he America’s most famous art instructor, he was also our unofficial art therapist, evangelizing painting as a way to find solace in our imagination.

From Salon May 2, 2026

Minnie was devoted to the Salvation Army because of the church’s dedication to evangelizing and doing good works.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

The foundation of teaching people to write is evangelizing the process itself — a process of thinking, a process that can’t be outsourced.

From Seattle Times Dec. 22, 2023

In Europe, another innovator, Charles Babbage, born the son of a banker in 1791, was developing an early calculating machine at the time that Morse was refining and evangelizing the telegraph.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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