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noun

plural of profile

as in contours

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as in character sketches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of profile

as in outlines

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 profiles

Noun

Gather information from friends, colleagues and social media profiles, and start to build a profile. — Rupal Patel, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026

Verb

Injuries can change a season, and young players can rise ahead of schedule, but this team profiles more like a low-to-mid 30s-win team than a safe play-in bet unless free agency can further bolster the roster. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026 And Jack Blanchard profiles Andy Burnham, the audacious British mayor looking to beat the populist right and then topple Keir Starmer. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 June 2026 Mario, meanwhile, profiles the late governor of New York, Mario Cuomo, with appearances by all of Mario’s children, including his son Andrew, who served two terms as governor of New York himself (and a bit of a third before scandal forced him to resign). — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 June 2026 In Vogue, Robert Sullivan profiles former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland from New Mexico. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 June 2026 For the June issue, Chris Heath profiles Choupette. — Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026 In addition, the Pirates have arguably the best starting pitching prospect in the minors in Seth Hernandez, who profiles as a future ace. — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 19 May 2026 The rivetingly intimate Jail Time Records profiles the first prison recording studio on the African continent and three incarcerated artists who express themselves through music. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026 Staff writer Abigail Montanez profiles a home on Pantelleria, off the coast of Sicily, where a traditional dammuso was transformed into a tranquil family retreat rooted in the island’s volcanic landscape. — John Vorwald, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for profiles

Noun

Power of silly shapes To seal the case, the research team manufactured an array of custom silly sprinklers featuring a wild variety of geometric loops and contours.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
The whites of lights and balloons popped, and black suits seemed extremely dark while clearly retaining their cuts and contours.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2026

Definition of contours

Noun

In cargo shippers’ databases, the histories and current cargo of containers are recorded and accessible via their respective codes.

— Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
Though Porzingis is only 31 and Melton just turned 28, the trio combined to play exactly one back-to-back set while the team remained highly cautious with their workload due to their injury histories.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Definition of histories

Verb

Supporting those capabilities is a new AI-Native Smart Factory Technology White Paper, which outlines an architecture that continuously analyzes production data and adjusts factory operations in real time.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Looking at The Athletic’s player dashboard — which outlines a player’s role and key strengths — his profile is perfectly suited as the tempo controller.

— Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of outlines

Noun

Headline figures such as tasks completed, queries handled or hours saved can look impressive while concealing errors, rework, poor customer outcomes and escalating operating expenses.

— Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Amkor Technology — Shares dropped 7% as the semiconductor packaging and testing provider gets set to report quarterly figures after the stock market closes.

— Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 27 July 2026

Definition of figures

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Of all the peculiar assignments a newspaper reporter can undertake, writing advance obituaries for local notables who are still very much alive is one of the strangest.

— Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 26 July 2026
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who died on July 12, died as the man most obituaries call the architect of modern Qatar.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of obituaries

Verb

Petrarch pictures the ghosts of Homer and Ennius together, and Homer’s ghost points out to Ennius a solitary figure, Francescus, working on a great epic poem, Africa.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
And Trey pictures his dad still in the third base coach’s box for the Dodgers.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

Classic Trefoil and three-stripe branding motif designs were given a modern spin, combined with feminine cut lines, proportionality and diverse silhouettes.

— Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
After appearing on the spring-summer 2026 runways at Khaite, Tory Burch, and Altuzarra, this season’s reboot is all about modern silhouettes and fresh styling tricks that make the print feel exciting again.

— Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 21 July 2026

Definition of silhouettes

Noun

There’s some wisdom in not having a rape threat hover over ten hours of serialized television, and the shift has opened up some thorny connections between Cady and Anna Bowden, whose pasts continue to intersect in intriguing ways.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 July 2026
At the same time, small fly-by-night schools have been opened by profiteers and people with problematic pasts or no educational experience.

— Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026

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