MISSIONIZED Synonyms: 9 Similar and Opposite Words

missionized

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past tense of missionize

as in proselytized

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The National Federation of Federal Employees and several individual USDA employees sued the department on May 13, alleging that Secretary Brooke Rollins has illegally proselytized workers.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The two firms that have proselytized the recapitalization of enterprise software the most in this field are Thoma Bravo, with about $184 billion in assets, and Vista Equity Partners, with about $100 billion.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026

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Monaco was guaranteed to retain first place with a win, but host Lorient won thanks to a 61st-minute penalty kick converted by Noah Cadiou.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
On the other side, Ole Miss converted nine of its 14 third downs, led by quarterback Trinidad Chambliss’ 255 total yards and four TDs.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026

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But that reconfiguration also influenced how Atlan would film scenes.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
As a result, the device’s subsequent switching became more predictable, indicating that its earlier electrical activity had influenced its future behavior.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of influenced

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Jake was being, if not brainwashed, certainly influenced by a male figure with some misogyny here.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Some of them are derelict minors who have been captured by the settler organizations, taken to outposts in the Palestinian territories, brainwashed, and taught to kill.

— David Shulman, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2026

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