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Recent Examples of professedly
They are professedly based on hunches that the enemy will attack, occupy or conquer at some future time unless the enemy is obliterated.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2025
That explains the ludicrous decision this month of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in TikTok Inc. v. Garland to uphold Congress’ ban on TikTok, a social media platform, professedly to protect us from Chinese conquest or control.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
The world-famous aviator, through the America First Committee, professedly opposed U.S. involvement as a fool’s errand that would foster dictatorship at home.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
How much of this was planned is unclear, but a subsequent scene in which Fielder calls the parents of the child actors to inform them of his new, fatherly involvement is another object lesson in the way that power can seep into even the most professedly intimate of nooks.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
But imagine if right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or another professedly illiberal leader took similar steps.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 18 Feb. 2022
In any prior year, that number would be noteworthy for the professedly liberal yet overwhelmingly white industry.
—Lee Seymour, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
Early modern Europe had the daily pageant of court society, with its graceful, witty, professedly nonchalant aristocrats who had every muscle under tight control and every piece of clothing precisely arranged.
—David A. Bell, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
Applebaum writes, professedly, about the ideological currents of elite discourse, not the economic anxiety of lower-middle-class Americans, Brits, or Poles.
—Jackson Lears, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021
Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2025
That explains the ludicrous decision this month of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in TikTok Inc. v. Garland to uphold Congress’ ban on TikTok, a social media platform, professedly to protect us from Chinese conquest or control.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
The world-famous aviator, through the America First Committee, professedly opposed U.S. involvement as a fool’s errand that would foster dictatorship at home.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
How much of this was planned is unclear, but a subsequent scene in which Fielder calls the parents of the child actors to inform them of his new, fatherly involvement is another object lesson in the way that power can seep into even the most professedly intimate of nooks.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
But imagine if right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or another professedly illiberal leader took similar steps.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 18 Feb. 2022
In any prior year, that number would be noteworthy for the professedly liberal yet overwhelmingly white industry.
—Lee Seymour, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
Early modern Europe had the daily pageant of court society, with its graceful, witty, professedly nonchalant aristocrats who had every muscle under tight control and every piece of clothing precisely arranged.
—David A. Bell, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
Applebaum writes, professedly, about the ideological currents of elite discourse, not the economic anxiety of lower-middle-class Americans, Brits, or Poles.
—Jackson Lears, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for professedly
Adverb
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Along the way, perhaps an answer is being formed that says the user should freak out and run amok about the potential mental health issue.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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But the cars that showed up for the event were perhaps the biggest stars of the day.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Guests zoom down the river on a jet boat from Jerry’s Rogue Jets or take to the river in a gentler fashion, kayaking in calm currents, possibly to visit Sheila the harbor seal who generally spends her time on a rock just east of the lodge.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Temperatures are expected to be in the mid-90s in the metro, with heat index values above 100 degrees — possibly as high as 105 on Friday.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Minor gastrointestinal discomfort is probably the most common symptom; however, pathogens that may cause only minor sickness in some people may cause serious conditions or death in others, especially in the very young, old, or those with weakened immune systems.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Mental health advisement via poetry is probably not the best route to go.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Iris has perhaps five more years of peak beauty and fertility, a span during which Isaac could conceivably bed dozens of women.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Aug. 2025
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With better tracks and signals, NextGen could conceivably ramp up to 186 mph, though such speeds won’t be possible anytime soon.—
David Alff,
The Conversation,
12 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But anti-vaccine advocates have for years fought for the creation of the panel, likely seeing it as a tool to further erode confidence in the safety of childhood vaccines.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
15 Aug. 2025
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Foreign governments are watching closely to see how Trump reacts to Putin, likely gauging what the interaction might mean for their own dealings with the U.S. president, who has eschewed traditional diplomacy for his own transactional approach to relationships.—
Michelle L. Price,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Perhaps several years ago, maybe your firm was at the center of a controversy.—
Ross Kernez,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Or look like one, either, except maybe for the many things that old people and I have in common, such as the mysterious and sudden appearance of too much skin around my neck, and weird curly growths that appear under my chin.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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One company cited by Lectra has reportedly used the system to produce 5 million made-to-measure shirts in Vietnam for the U.S. market.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
7 Aug. 2025
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After a Tuesday meeting to discuss Israel’s war plans, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly emerged in favor of the military taking complete control of Gaza.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Professedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professedly. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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