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Recent Examples of profoundly
Jason, 28, is nonverbal and profoundly disabled, with significant cognitive limitations and little awareness of dangers — vulnerabilities that require constant, watchful care.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 15 May 2026
There’s nothing new about Hollywood adaptations featuring profoundly good-looking people, but film stars used to be made to look a bit more… regular, particularly before plastic surgery made the faces of so many A-list actresses look eerily similar.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
That matters profoundly in leadership because during periods of uncertainty, people are rarely looking for perfection.
—Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
For me, the book resonated profoundly because of the journey of this young woman.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
In 1972, a young student is profoundly changed by studying the behavior of a simple geranium.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 May 2026
Business and industries follow similar patterns, profoundly affecting labor markets, investment performance and inflation.
—Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2026
Through a fanciful and deeply personal approach, this film transforms the reckoning of immigrant life—working far from family and home—into something profoundly relatable, accessible, and unexpectedly uplifting.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 May 2026
Derek has previously opened up about how becoming a dad profoundly changed him as a human.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 15 May 2026
There’s nothing new about Hollywood adaptations featuring profoundly good-looking people, but film stars used to be made to look a bit more… regular, particularly before plastic surgery made the faces of so many A-list actresses look eerily similar.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
That matters profoundly in leadership because during periods of uncertainty, people are rarely looking for perfection.
—Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
For me, the book resonated profoundly because of the journey of this young woman.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
In 1972, a young student is profoundly changed by studying the behavior of a simple geranium.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 May 2026
Business and industries follow similar patterns, profoundly affecting labor markets, investment performance and inflation.
—Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2026
Through a fanciful and deeply personal approach, this film transforms the reckoning of immigrant life—working far from family and home—into something profoundly relatable, accessible, and unexpectedly uplifting.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 May 2026
Derek has previously opened up about how becoming a dad profoundly changed him as a human.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profoundly
Adverb
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In that sense, perhaps collecting people who care deeply about the same places is a more promising digital model than trying to appeal to everyone everywhere.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Like the movie, the series begins as a deeply human story grounded in relationships that gradually unfolds into a large-scale, epic adventure.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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The contestants encourage each other to do their best and think positively, coming together to offer support when someone is having a bad day.—
Sarah Wang,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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The elimination of extreme infield shifts, larger bases, only three pickoff throws, a limit on how relief pitchers can be used, and the pitch clock were supposed to positively impact hitting.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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Twentysomethings leaving college this May face a radically different world.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
15 May 2026
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The stylistic range is so wide that different parts of the novel read like homages to such radically different writers as Cormac McCarthy, Sergio Pitol, and Jorge Luis Borges.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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And Thursday night’s performance, while not wholly irrelevant, was just another television rerun broadcast to a less-than-mass audience.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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However it was intended, what Farhadi has brilliantly cooked up ultimately feels wholly original and deliciously crafted on every level.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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So uncompromising, so full of agency and so utterly human.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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News is our foundation and will continue to be utterly essential in the years ahead.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
Adverb
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Also unlike a traditional trade conference, there was remarkably little ego inside Vidiots.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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The book release of Heat 2 in 2022 (and subsequent in-production movie) brought a lot of people back to this flick, one that has held up remarkably well over the nearly three decades since its release.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
Adverb
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The idea of losing my left breast absolutely undid me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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There’s absolutely no justification for not counting those assists.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
Adverb
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Rice University’s Kinder Institute studied 12 cohorts at Houston ISD from 2007 to 2019 and found that students attending the district’s Las Americas school, a specialized campus serving immigrants and refugee students in grades 4-8, had exceptionally higher end-of-year English course exam results.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
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Even though its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud continues to perform exceptionally well, concerns about weaker consumer spending weighing on the retail side of its business pressured the stock.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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“Profoundly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profoundly. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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