as in to urge
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action
the speaker exhorted the graduating students to go forth and try to make a difference in the world
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And as the rapid expansion of aircraft production during the war created a greater need for military pilots, public outcry from civil rights groups and black professional organizations exhorted the United States War Department to begin training black pilots in the Army Air Corps.
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Doug Melville, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
While those stars burn, nuclear fusion exhorts an outward push to counter the gravitational pull of the star’s own mass.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
Liberation goes all the way, and in doing so, exhorts us all to keep going.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Two days later, on Feb. 5, police raised the alarm again, exhorting people to keep their pets close.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
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Doug Melville, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
While those stars burn, nuclear fusion exhorts an outward push to counter the gravitational pull of the star’s own mass.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
Liberation goes all the way, and in doing so, exhorts us all to keep going.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Two days later, on Feb. 5, police raised the alarm again, exhorting people to keep their pets close.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exhort
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“Exhort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhort. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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