profiled

past tense of profile
as in outlined
to produce a representation of the shape of the head as seen from the side his likeness was profiled against a background of vegetation

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Recent Examples of profiled The Connecticut Mirror profiled Ortiz in September of that year, and the story drew nationwide attention. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026 About 4,400 SpaceX employees stood to become millionaires once the stock began trading, the New York Times reported, and Fortune profiled workers from top executives to welders whose equity is now worth seven figures or more. — Heather Occhino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 The Star’s Rashad Alexander profiled Window Wolf co-owner Davis Roethler and the company in April. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026 There will also be updates to cases previously profiled on the Unsolved Mysteries series and podcast released on select Tuesdays. — Peter White, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026 In 2015, The Washington Post profiled teaching associates at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia, including a theater actor who helped medical students learn pelvic examinations. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Slushy Noobz has been profiled by Rolling Stone, Interview magazine, Wonderland, Teen Vogue, Nylon, CBC and other publications and platforms. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026 Last October, De Los Angeles was profiled by the SwimSwam newsletter alongside her teammate Kellie Feintech about their individual journeys navigating cancer. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 Once, a local television station profiled TOOOL and asked its members to dress in black turtlenecks and gloves. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
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  • The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has outlined a marginal (Level 1 out of 5) risk in an area that includes Phoenix and Tucson.
    — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Musk previously outlined plans to send Tesla’s Optimus robots to the planet aboard SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • This was certainly not how Elise, a sophomore at Battle Ground High, pictured her season ending when the school year began.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Finding her light Carrie, pictured at her Los Angeles home in 1987, ventured into writing with her semi-autobiographical debut novel, Postcards from the Edge, which hit shelves that year and became a bestseller.
    — Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Profiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profiled. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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