1
as in to pretend
to present a false appearance of
professed friendship while secretly plotting revenge
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2
as in to declare
to state clearly and strongly
the lonely woman professed her love in a series of letters to the soldier
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as in to insist
to state as a fact usually forcefully
he professed his innocence to anyone who would listen
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Recent Examples of profess
But while markets have grown more volatile in response to Mr. Trump’s whipsawing approach to trade, Mr. Buffett professed little worry about the effects of that volatility on Berkshire.
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Michael J. De La Merced, New York Times, 3 May 2025
From the time of its populist founding, the Christian Church professed profound optimism about life, both earthly and eternal.
—Richard D. Mahoney, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2025
Rojas, a husband and father of three, has been separated from his wife for about a year, according to a neighbor and a sister, who professed his innocence.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
While the president has professed his intention to bring down housing costs, placing tariffs on the country’s largest trade partners could do the opposite.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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Michael J. De La Merced, New York Times, 3 May 2025
From the time of its populist founding, the Christian Church professed profound optimism about life, both earthly and eternal.
—Richard D. Mahoney, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2025
Rojas, a husband and father of three, has been separated from his wife for about a year, according to a neighbor and a sister, who professed his innocence.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
While the president has professed his intention to bring down housing costs, placing tariffs on the country’s largest trade partners could do the opposite.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profess
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That old man was Trump—who had just been hospitalized with COVID-19, but was pretending that everything was fine—and yet the column was about America’s gerontocracy as a whole, and what Smith suggested was an unsustainable media omertà around it.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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That’s the point of him; as the Mission: Impossible franchise’s secret agent extraordinaire, Hunt can pretend to be anyone, accomplish basically any physical task, and uncover conspiracies with aplomb.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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Trump could even simply include iPhones under the trade deficit emergency that already formed the basis for tariffs declared earlier, Meyer said.—
Jody Godoy,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Korda has declared that, because his nine sons are, frankly, nincompoops and rapscallions, Liesl will be the sole heir to his fortune.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2025
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While working on the film, Lively insisted on rewriting the infamous rooftop scene.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2025
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During construction, Wright insisted that his design would perform, but on-site builders were less convinced and added more structural steel to the concrete slabs without the architect’s knowledge.—
Elizabeth Fazzare,
Architectural Digest,
15 May 2025
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In order to be approved for any of those products, a borrower needs a strong credit profile, and the willingness and ability to assume more debt.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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States like Florida could be forced to assume billions in costs for health care and disaster preparedness.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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In response, two of Trump's senior officials made statements asserting that the message was a threat toward the president.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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Inspired by classic boom-bap production, lyrically, the track sees Young assert her agency in the bedroom with a new flame.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
16 May 2025
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Combs denied wrongdoing, and the two settled the lawsuit a day later, but her lawsuit set off a series of other civil suits against Combs alleging wrongdoing.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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Brown was previously sued by music producer Abe Diaw, who alleged Brown smashed a tequila bottle over his head and stomped on him at the Tape nightclub in Hanover Square in February 2023, which led to hospitalization.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Resilience Testing Through Chaos Engineering A compelling example of living intelligence in cloud and DevOps is Netflix’s Chaos Engineering platform, which simulates real-world failures to proactively test system resilience.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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But Cadillac couldn’t simulate certain tests with the quarter chassis.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Additionally, all 2025 mayoral candidates, former police commissioners, district attorneys, and public officials must proclaim that NYC should not obey the egregious orders.—
Arnold Kriss,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2025
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Notably, an anonymous poll of his NBA peers by Sam Amick and Josh Robbins of The Athletic proclaimed the 6-foot-5 Iowa State product to be the league's most overrated player.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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“Profess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profess. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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