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as in to ask
to put a question or questions to
her roommates catechized her about every detail of her first day at her new job
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as in to interrogate
to put a series of questions to
applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood
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Recent Examples of catechize
Priests could not catechize children, bring the sacraments to the sick, or do pastoral work outside the local churchyard.
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George Weigel, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
George Weigel, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catechize
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Jason Kelce, the former Eagles center turned ESPN analyst, asked how Travis made his decision to return to KC.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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That move set off a heated week between the prosecutors in the case and the Department of Justice — with several Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office lawyers resigning from their posts after being asked to put their weight behind a formal request to dismiss the case.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Star-Telegram reported in January 1912 that immigration agent I. B. Lewis and police spent a Saturday interrogating north side immigrants.—
Richard J. Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Mar. 2025
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In the past two weeks, in town halls across the country, crowds have interrogated and booed Republican lawmakers for Trump and Musk’s budget cuts and the havoc that has come with them.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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Disillusioned with subjective, surface-level modes of art-making, Gaines began to question his purpose.—
Meka Boyle,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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Offering those options has not been easy in the traditional era of distribution deals, but the rates of cord-cutting have made both programmers and operators more willing to question the usual assumptions.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2025
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Susan Zirinsky, a former CBS News president, will continue to examine standards at the news division on an interim basis, McMahon said.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025
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Breast biopsy: Your provider may take a tissue sample to examine the cells under a microscope.—
Carrie Madormo, RN,
Health,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Catechize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catechize. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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