profusion

noun

prə-ˈfyü-zhən How to pronounce profusion (audio)
Definition of profusionnext
1
as in loads
a considerable amount apples grow in profusion in this valley

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2
as in generosity
the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money in giving gifts to his girlfriend, he was generous to the point of profusion

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Recent Examples of profusion Those hiccups, and a profusion of other stock alternatives, have spawned talk that the 60/40 rule is dead. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 May 2026 Given the area’s profusion of tech companies and internationally renowned universities, Raleigh is easily accessible by air or by car. — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026 Given the profusion of riad tourist accommodation in Marrakech, you’d be excused for thinking the buildings originated as hotels. — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 The profusion of books was extraordinary. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for profusion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profusion
  1. loads
  2. generosity
  3. ton
  4. lavishness
  5. dozen
  6. extravagance
  7. slew
  8. wastefulness
Noun
  • Engineering experts said the conversion project is complex and poses many challenges, which include making sure older buildings can safely support new loads and carving up office floors to accommodate residential living.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • More crucially, Illinois’ grid is well-equipped to deliver the large electrical loads needed to process AI and other data.
    — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 9 July 2026
Definition of loads
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  • Effective recovery depends not only on the generosity of the donations, but also on strategic approaches that can get the type of aid needed to the people who need it.
    — Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
  • In all of these cases, the effect is largely the same—forging intimacy through some level of generosity or gallantry, coupled with pure, physical proximity—and in 2026, all of them are still technically possible.
    — Sara Delgado, Vogue, 9 July 2026
Definition of generosity
Noun
  • According to the press statement, the project is anchored by over 400,000 structural steel piles manufactured by PACO Steel, using 142,000 tons of steel coils from US Steel’s nearby Big River facility.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
  • That earlier picture made a ton of money, and The Odyssey clearly has even broader appeal as an epic poem that many, many people encountered as required reading.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Definition of ton
Noun
  • Taking the latter to another level is the new Mercedes-Maybach SL 680 Monogram Series, the first two-seater from the marque’s division devoted to automotive lavishness.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
  • There’s an understated lavishness; no celebrity interior designers have been let loose and rooms have a lustrous palette of pinks, yellows and blues.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2026
Definition of lavishness
Noun
  • Jones has received endorsements from at least a dozen Black clergy.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Last week torrential rains triggered deadly mudslides and flooding in Cox’s Bazar, flattening shelters and killing more than a dozen people, including children.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of dozen
Noun
  • Harvey Nichols, by contrast, brings something Next cannot build overnight - a heritage in luxury and extravagance.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Shows of extravagance like these have not been met with kindness in a world torn by war, inflation, soaring gas prices and political unrest.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 2 July 2026
Definition of extravagance
Noun
  • Room types include Classic Rooms, Superior Rooms, and Two-Bedroom Family Rooms, as well as a slew of suite options, from Junior Suites to Three-Bedroom Family Suites that sleep up to seven.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2026
  • The club’s members, including an industrialist and his expatriate niece, the president and his pampered wife, and a slew of Chinese tourists, engage in a complex dance with the doting and subservient staff.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
Definition of slew
Noun
  • The Bosnia captain got himself an assist, made a goal-line clearance, and was partly responsible for Cyle Larin’s 78th-minute equaliser, which ensured Canada’s wastefulness didn’t stop them from earning a first World Cup point.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • The humanitarian consequences of this wastefulness were well documented before last Wednesday.
    — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
Definition of wastefulness

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