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as in loads
a considerable amount apples grow in profusion in this valley

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Recent Examples of profusion The pieces arrived in profusion: Mollie Panter-Downes on the Blitz. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 Adding salt to the wound, the profusion of grasses also creates a significant fuel source, shortening the gaps between fires. Anton Sorokin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025 The record-breaking precipitation sparked super bloom events across the state (the profusion of flowers could even be seen from space). Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025 Amid the profusion of plants, Fish found ways to make each part of the garden feel like a distinct space. Teresa Woodard, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for profusion
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Noun
  • Unfortunately, a drunken Ben makes a heinous error in judgment that abruptly extinguishes the generosity of their hosts.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 27 June 2025
  • Other thinkers have reflected on the generosity of the shrub and its fruit.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • During the 2024 The Championships, Wimbledon, the tournament served over 55 tons of strawberries from Hugh Lowe Farms just 31.5 miles from famed tournament—that’s over 2.5 million individual Grade 1 English strawberries of the Mailing Centenary variety.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Of course, the camp had a Manning participating instead of teaching, as Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning garnered tons of attention from virtually everyone in-person and looking on at home.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • According to the country’s official KCNA news service, Kim opened the sprawling Kalma beachside resort with waterparks, high-rise hotels, and accommodations for nearly 20,000 guests — a sweeping display of extravagance in one of the world’s most reclusive nations.
    Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
  • On monthly Red Mirror Party nights, the whole space tilts into extravagance: live shows, flowing Champagne, and a dress code best described as ‘shiny’.
    Lela London, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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  • The river also serves Mexico and more than two dozen Native American tribes, produces hydropower, and supplies water to farms that grow most of the nation’s winter vegetables.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • Starboy passed that mark about a year ago and remains present, sitting a little more than a dozen spaces above Beauty Behind the Madness.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Oracle has announced a slew of AI deals in recent months, including the joint Stargate venture with OpenAI and SoftBank to invest billions in bolstering AI infrastructure.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 June 2025
  • That evolution is causing a ripple effect across partner ecosystems, creating a slew of challenges for marketing leaders.
    Paul Tibbitt, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Can the sport maneuver around a host of U.S. traffic — no top-tier American driver, an abundance of NASCAR competition and a European-race television schedule that’s more breakfast-time than primetime — to finally get out of the pack?
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
  • The calculations of Big Bang nucleosynthesis, which correctly predict the abundances of hydrogen and helium in the Universe, put strict constraints on how much light-emitting matter there can be, and that number simply isn’t large enough to accommodate all these disparate results.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • There must be a better distribution of wealth for all of God's children in this country.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 June 2025
  • Like many women who have created literary salons or used their wealth and privilege to put themselves at the center of things, Sylvia Lynd is now mainly remembered—if at all—for her weekly parties at 5 Keats Grove, Hampstead.
    Nicola Wilson June 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Secure Folder has triggered a bunch of warnings given some issues in how it was deployed, those have been addressed.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • The handful of Falcon 9s and Atlas Vs that Amazon has on contract are the only rockets in the bunch with a proven track record.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025

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“Profusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profusion. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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