Thesaurus results for EXHORTATION

exhortation

noun

Definition of exhortation

as in recommendation

a statement that strongly urges someone to do or avoid doing something Despite her parents' exhortations to spend responsibly, she blew most of her savings on an expensive sports car.

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Recent Examples of exhortation Their exhortations to get rich quick, drive fast cars and aggressively treat women as property are followed by millions of people online. — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 22 July 2026 Lundberg writes that the poem is both an explication of the promise of America and an exhortation to persevere on behalf of the country. — The Atlantic, 8 June 2026 Advertisement While Pulisic is no recluse—he’ll go to an occasional nice dinner with friends—exhortations to step out more go mostly unheeded. — Sean Gregory, Time, 7 May 2026 Then the speakers’ exhortations to excellence would build in emotional intensity until women began to weep and the meeting erupted in spontaneous pledges to set new personal bests. — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exhortation

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Noun

These tie to three recommendations for donors – and not only those making multimillion-dollar gifts.

— William Blomquist, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
The commission agreed to her recommendation that the guidance tell clerks to encourage law enforcement agents planning to come to the polls to be in plain clothes and not uniforms.

— CBS News, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of recommendation

Noun

Still, the suggestion that the rise of lingerie details and sheer fabrics is in direct response to GLP-1s could be misguided.

— Rachael Akhidenor, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
Even their three adult children — Michael, Lola and Joaquin — had gotten involved in the discussion, offering suggestions of their own.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of suggestion

Noun

Crash reported on northbound I-635 A traffic warning has been issued after a crash on I-635 from Shawnee Drive/Exit 1 to Metropolitan Avenue/Exit 2.

— Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
The warning is for Northern Jackson and Southern Jackson as well as Avery, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Swain, Haywood, Buncombe, Graham and Macon counties.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of warning

Noun

Those cases often centered on devices mistakenly activating or capturing speech that was not intended as a command.

— MacKenzie Sigalos,Annie Palmer, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
But Peter O’Toole plays your adviser and has these wonderful speeches about the importance of the monarchy and the spirit of the country.

— Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

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