professes

present tense third-person singular of profess
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Recent Examples of professes Also, this is the second scene of the season in which a male love interest professes an intense and specific oral fixation with his female partner. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025 Adcock professes to take safety seriously. Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025 Add to this fact that Isabelle’s assistant, Dani, also professes her love for her and there’s quite a lot of intersecting queerness in this entry. Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for professes
Verb
  • In the finale, Brandis pretends not to see the million-dollar stash in Maeve's possession and zips the bag back up, looking up as birds sing.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • After encountering an old friend, Colette, embarrassed about her friend’s success compared to her own, pretends to be a customer at the DMV instead of an employee.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Preoccupied, Laz ignores his phone and proceeds with his work, where a ranting and raving Arlo declares that God is going to punish him.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But Epstein insists the new luxury club won’t reduce general admission space, and renderings show the structure will rise above the existing grounds on the Turn 1 hill.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • O’Dowd insists that government intervention is needed.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This assumes the utility sees a demand of about 1,500 MW to supply data centers.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Matty assumes the court will automatically apply the same protections to Dasha in the new case.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The complaint asserts that the transfer was a deliberate attempt to disrupt Holt’s legal advocacy on behalf of himself and other inmates.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And Doctorow asserts Amazon began charging merchants junk fees.
    NPR, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The assault with the padlock happened one week after Buckley was moved to the cell, the suit alleges.
    Paul Egan, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The machines would predict which player at the table had the best hand and send that information to an off-site operator, the indictment alleges.
    Dan Gallo, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But many of their hitters have already taken swings against him – thanks to the sophisticated technology of Trajekt, a pitching machine that simulates the visual of any major-league pitcher’s mechanics and the shape of his pitches.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In the primary bath, the space is lined with $750,000 worth of ivory onyx tile featuring a $20,000 Toto Zero-Gravity tub that simulates floating.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The second Eclogue—often thought to be autobiographical—offers a famous example in which the shepherd Corydon proclaims his love for the boy Alexis.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • When the conversation drifts toward music, Thomas again proclaims his fondness for KPop Demon Hunters.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Professes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professes. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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