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Recent Examples of profound
Adjective
His compelling experience reflects a profound love for branding and a remarkable comfort in front of the camera. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 22 May 2025 This combination of policies was a profound break from the Nixon/Gerald Ford years, when tax cuts were not seriously considered, the priority with the Soviets was detente and arms control, and safety net programs were largely protected. Dylan Matthews, Vox, 22 May 2025 His contributions to the music industry are legendary and his charitable spirit had a profound effect on so many. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025 Fondazione Bulgari, paying tribute to the cultural richness of Sicily, has committed to supporting the restoration of a fresco of profound symbolic value at Palazzo Corvaja, and a new collaboration with the Antonino Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum in Palermo. Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for profound
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profound
Adjective
  • Everyone knows Gaudí’s architecture; his furniture is a more esoteric thing.
    Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 20 May 2025
  • His tastes ebbed and flowed between aggressive music and more esoteric tastes, as his collaborators came to range from Richard Thompson to Hal Willner, whose tribute to Federico Fellini and Nino Rota included contributions from Thomas, as did a collection of sea shanties.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The auto-revive for solo players on Night Lords is to combat the intense difficulties of those fights where a single wrong move can be death.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • And, believe it or not, Europe does have air conditioning, which can be quite an intense shift when moving between the outdoors into coach buses or stores.
    Gregory Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • Some of music’s biggest names (and harshest critics) have marveled at the sheer range of Darin’s work, which spanned everything from jazz, swing and pop to folk and country.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 22 May 2025
  • Most advice about LinkedIn growth focuses on sheer numbers.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Simone is damaged and buoyant simultaneously, and the young actress shows a deep maturity in the portrayal of the character's complex mental and emotional state.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • Organizations that view trust as something to be actively built rather than passively maintained will gain the social capital needed to weather controversies and drive deeper mission impact.
    Lynn Godfrey, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • After Huge Game 2 Win Over Knicks Another issue has been the difference in depth.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
  • But relational depth is not defined by how deeply someone can wound you.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • With 4 million packages a day passing through American gateways using the de minimis exception, and around half of those shipments hailing from China, CBP is now contending with a much more intensive entry process for small shipments than it’s been accustomed to.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 13 May 2025
  • The department conducts an annual review of each state, and a more intensive one that’s supposed to be completed roughly every five years.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • Both Merz and Zelensky criticized the Kremlin’s effective rejection of an unconditional ceasefire proposed by the U.S., which Kyiv accepted.
    Stefanie Dazio, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
  • Ukraine has agreed to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire, proposed by the U.S., but Putin rejected it.
    Jackie Northam, NPR, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Being a mother and having a mother are also two of the most profound experiences a person can have, and profundity is rarely uncomplicated.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
  • Ozon goes from virtue-signaling to unsentimental profundity.
    Armond White, National Review, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Profound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profound. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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