missionized

verb

past tense of missionize
as in proselytized

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  1. proselytized
  2. converted
  3. influenced
  4. brainwashed
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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
Definition of proselytized
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  • That’s part of why the offense struggled, particularly on third down as Miami only converted two of their nine attempts.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Washington hadn’t converted a third down until its final drive, when Williams converted a third-and-11 pass, then hit a fourth-and-two bomb for 43 yards.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of converted
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  • However, their journey may be influenced by the surrounding solar wind, making precise arrival times difficult to pin down.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The Toronto Film Festival is set to showcase classic films selected by Japanese anime director Masaaki Yuasa that influenced his celebrated animation.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 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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