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 More recently, in February 2024, The New Yorker profiled an American academic, Elizabeth Hoover, who had claimed Mohawk and Mi’kmaq descent and apologized for it under duress but continues to teach. Tommy Orange, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026 How many people will stay home rather than risk being racially profiled and brutalized? Kica Matos, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 André and English sued Clayton County police four years ago, alleging they were racially profiled and illegally stopped at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The physicians profiled in the doc risked their lives to perform emergency surgeries on children who had been gravely injured in shelling, bombing, and other attacks by the Israel Defense Forces. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 The first time Jacobs was profiled in Vanity Fair was 1989, in the run-up to his first show for Perry Ellis. José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026 Pedro Quezada, Passaic, New Jersey Of all the Powerball millionaires profiled here, Pedro Quezada’s story arguably makes the strongest case for the lottery curse. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 The business leaders profiled in these pages are moving ahead to future-proof their enterprises. Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Some immigrants requested more time before their next hearings, presenting evidence of having been defrauded by unscrupulous attorneys profiled in local news reports. ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
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  • Back in May , Jim put pen to paper and outlined his case in his weekly column.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Together, the index and margin determine your new interest rate, subject to the limits outlined in your loan agreement.
    Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • Parton pictured with some of her stage wigs in Los Angeles on March 10, 1980.
    Shima Oliaee, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Sound’s Round 2 Impresario-musician Mike Reed’s multigenre, multivenue festival, Sound & Gravity, returns for its second year with acts like Son Lux (pictured, above) and Chicago’s Jessica Risker.
    Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Profiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profiled. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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