as in adept
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
a professed analyst of American presidential politics
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as in pretended
to present a false appearance of
professed friendship while secretly plotting revenge
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as in declared
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 alleged
to state as a fact usually forcefully
he professed his innocence to anyone who would listen
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Recent Examples of professed
Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Lukashenko, a professed teetotaler, raised a toast of vodka and urged his American guest to drink.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
That professed confidence in each’s own instincts and indifference to most dissident opinions is how both led the country and made some pretty colossal missteps.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Similarly, in terms of professed ideology the numbers are 70% for Liberals, 40% for Moderates, 12% for Conservatives.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Lukashenko, a professed teetotaler, raised a toast of vodka and urged his American guest to drink.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
That professed skepticism clashed with his record in office.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
That professed confidence in each’s own instincts and indifference to most dissident opinions is how both led the country and made some pretty colossal missteps.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for professed
Adjective
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Radiolarians are adept at distilling silica, a form of quartz, from seawater, a process known as biomineralization.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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That Hedda has forged such a life for herself is a testament to her wiles — no one is more adept at delivering acidic barbs cloaked by a friendly hand on the shoulder.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
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Roberts got up and pretended to have an injury, while also revealing a sweatshirt that was covered in dirt.—
Noah Camras,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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There, the former couple was posing on the red carpet, and Schumer pretended to trip and fall in front of them.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani has been declared the next mayor of New York City, according to NBC News and CNN.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki mission orbiting Venus was declared dead last week after engineers spent more than a year trying to get in touch with the silent spacecraft.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Davis is alleged to have dragged Rossel through a stairwell, kitchen and back exit before assaulting her in a parking garage.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Critics alleged that Cheney was really the man in charge at the White House.—
Don Gonyea,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Snider navigates the complex intersections of addiction with class, sexuality, masculinity, and family bonds with skilled generosity in this powerful fourth collection.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The older de Ridder, who turns 23 in January, is originally from Belgium and was one of the best young players in the tough Spanish ACB last season as a skilled four who can defend, move without the ball and knock down shots from the perimeter.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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As Parekh noted on the call, this outlook assumed no change in global tariff rates or policies and no change in the macroeconomic outlook, which has been worsening.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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Essayli assumed the position on April 2, which meant his term would have expired on July 31.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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But Wirth asserted those groups are not true environmental organizations and stand to gain financially from the project.—
Chaewon Chung
Updated October 30,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Most of the facts asserted in Respondent's RFO were known at that time.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Negotiations remain deadlocked over health care funding, which Democrats have insisted must be addressed in any deal to reopen the government.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Yet Fulton County officials have still insisted the ballots could not be copied or released.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Professed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professed. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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