EXHORT Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

exhort

verb

ig-ˈzȯrt

Definition of exhort

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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Recent Examples of exhort In Paris, signage exhorts Métro riders to hydrate regularly, stay attentive to those who are most vulnerable, et cetera. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 27 June 2026 Amal and Hezbollah officials told the ambassador-designate to remain in Lebanon and exhorted the government to reverse its decision. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 His firm, Strategy, has a business based around acquiring Bitcoin, with Saylor using his outsize social media presence to post memes exhorting others to do the same. — Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026 After a steal and dunk by Reed put UConn back up by six, Huskies coach Dan Hurley began waving his arms wildly at the fans behind his bench, exhorting them to be louder. — CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exhort

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When that didn’t change the safe call, Dalton immediately pointed to the Dodgers dugout, mask in hand urging manager Dave Roberts to challenge.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
To end the endless copying, Anthropic has joined OpenAI in urging the US to view distillation attacks as a form of intellectual property theft.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026

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Valentine also testified that the FDA encourages infant formula companies to send in all adverse event reports and that nothing prevented Mead Johnson from doing so.

— David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Going forward, the city will encourage data center developers to submit an application for a special use district, meaning the site would specifically be used for a data center, nothing else.

— Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2026

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