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Recent Examples of profundity Ozon goes from virtue-signaling to unsentimental profundity. Armond White, National Review, 11 Apr. 2025 Consider the way the universe was formed, the majesty of towering mountain peaks, how blood moves through the body, how mathematical formulas and geometric shapes can reveal hidden beauty in their simplicity and profundity. Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025 Multiplicity occasionally, almost accidentally, grasps at profundities about work-life balance that Severance would explore using a more innovative sci-fi premise decades later. James Grebey, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025 In quieter moments, which are few and far between, the narrative holds subtle profundity on using empathy as a weapon, breaking the cycle of poor parenting, overcoming childhood trauma and turning a bad situation into a brighter one. Courtney Howard, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for profundity
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Noun
  • One can, likewise, reasonably second-guess the seemingly reactive approach in which the club seemed primarily focused on drafting centre depth, which is rather conveniently their biggest need at the NHL level.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 June 2025
  • Brewers Rookie Pitcher Looking Like Next Superstar Ace Pittsburgh lacks a bit of outfield depth at the minor league level, and both New York and Chicago have the resources to send to the Pirates, should that be the asking price.
    Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Exactly in that single sentence, all of Matt's brilliance tied up into this one thing.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • The duo propelled the decor into the ’50s and ’60s, celebrating the brilliance of Italian masters Giò Ponti, Nanda Vigo, Gae Aulenti and Osvaldo Borsani.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 June 2025

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