profoundly

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Recent Examples of profoundly Her path is profoundly reshaped by an encounter with Mari (Okamoto), a Japanese theater director battling cancer. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026 But a key question has been how profoundly the bans would affect public health, with some economists arguing that people would just use other funds to buy Coke and other sugary drinks instead. Sarah Todd, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026 But for Max humor was a way to experience each moment as profoundly as possible. Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026 Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel. New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026 The ceremony concluded a nearly 20-year struggle that profoundly shaped the latter decades of Caper’s life—a trial marked by devastating grief, institutional rejection, deteriorating health, and extraordinary perseverance. Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026 Modern historians overwhelmingly agree that immigration profoundly shaped Rome’s demographics and history, yet some have argued that there was little sense of immigrant community at Rome. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026 Heilmann grew up in the Bay Area and then near Los Angeles, immersed in the Beat Generation ethos, surf culture, and the free-speech movement, all of which would profoundly shape her practice. News Desk, Artforum, 17 Aug. 2026 Behavioral science explains why goal-setting is profoundly effective. Adrian Gore, Time, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profoundly
Adverb
  • Still, the odds are strongly in his favor — especially in a midterm election serving as a referendum on the deeply unpopular incumbent.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • There lies an opportunity – while telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope see narrow fields very deeply, Roman will be able to see much larger fields.
    Don Figer, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Employees can answer the first question positively while simultaneously giving a negative response to the second.
    John Radman, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The drive didn’t start positively as the Willis’ first two passes fell to the ground.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • What to the other parties was merely the sale of a ship was to him a momentous event involving a radically new view of existence.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
  • That experience sent Shebani down a medical path that would lead her to treating mental health in a radically different way.
    Berly McCoy, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Within the oeuvre of the Muppets’ cinematic and televisual work, Miss Piggy hasn’t ever wholly been a punch line — her image is too dexterous for that.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • As rookies in 2022, Mike LaFleur was a first-time play caller from the Kyle Shanahan tree devoted wholly to his scheme.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Fast-forward to today, and the brand’s shampoos, conditioners, hair oils, hair masks, and more are flying off the shelf—while the bond-repairing-product business is utterly booming.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026
  • For this is the unintentionally funny story of what happens when utterly unhinged and high-minded hubris becomes your guiding light.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • But perhaps more remarkably, the Cherngs built the empire without ever taking money from outside investors.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • One Stage Changes the Assignment Festival schedules can become homework remarkably fast.
    Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • How did Bi work for Bryan for any length of time without absolutely losing his mind?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Consequently, Parton’s catalog experienced an absolutely gigantic surge on Tuesday following the news of her passing.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • But what will be exceptionally bad timing for California’s coast is that, as El Niño’s full influence comes to bear, the king tides will be even higher than normal.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The tragedy has renewed attention on the exceptionally rare infection.
    Gina Park, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

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“Profoundly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profoundly. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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