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Recent Examples of professedly
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.
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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, 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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Cook’s all-too-brief career is perhaps the most frustrating what-if in Cincinnati sports history.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
30 July 2025
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In perhaps the most visible example of the challenges ahead for Ah Yun, union members lined the entrance into the Al McGuire Center, passing out pro-union sheets to those headed inside for the inauguration.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
30 July 2025
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State leaders have also lambasted school administrators for possibly drawing from an unusually high infusion of federal money that districts received in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Procter & Gamble on Tuesday, July 29, is set to disclose more details of its plans to restructure the consumer products giant, shedding some 7,000 jobs and possibly some of its famous household brands.—
Alexander Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
29 July 2025
Adverb
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The most favorable states probably are South Dakota, Nevada, Alaska, and Delaware, but don’t rule out others.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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By contrast, the images of gay men are more physically suggestive but romantically ambiguous, probably because, although men’s bodies were less policed than women’s, male homosexuality was more widely criminalized.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
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That decision was conceivably influenced by the presence of Baumgartner, then NCATA president and athletic director at Santa Clara University, who held a seat on the D-I council at the time.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
14 July 2025
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Both could conceivably take PSG to extra time and/or PKs, where anything could happen.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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Adelita Grijalva decisively won the Democratic primary for Arizona's 7th Congressional District, likely succeeding her father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva.—
Laura Gersony,
AZCentral.com,
23 July 2025
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Soliman will likely be one of many detainees scheduled in front of the court at the same time, as The Enquirer learned in sitting through a morning of Riedthaler-Williams' docket last month.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
23 July 2025
Adverb
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And maybe somebody can tell them to just simmer down.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Here’s the story of how ESPN experimented—maybe that’s what the E should have stood for—its way into the future.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
29 July 2025
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Alba has reportedly been on a few dates since announcing her split from Warren in February, insiders told People.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
15 July 2025
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Last year, Wayne County was hit with a cyberattack; and the year before, a records management system that supports several Downriver police agencies was reportedly hit with malware.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
14 July 2025
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“Professedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professedly. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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