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Recent Examples of profusion Making pilgrims safe and comfortable But pilgrimages did not go away, nor did the profusion of information surrounding them. — Shay Rabineau, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 Here, those extra voices vastly outnumber the two main characters, leading to a profusion of confusing subplots that stray away from the main themes. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 After all, the university’s magnetic pull depends on its being embedded in a global metropolis with its profusion of experts, employers, and opportunities. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2026 In this deep perennial border, Jordin layered tough perennials that deliver a profusion of color in the height of summer, including catmint, ‘Millenium’ allium, ‘Cinderella’ milkweed, and clary sage. — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for profusion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profusion
Noun
  • Cranes lift 200-ton loads at mountain bridge site The R4300-200 has a maximum lifting capacity of 200 metric tons (220 US tons) and an 80-meter jib (262 feet).
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Its remaining civil rights workers have described untenable case loads and pressure to dismiss complaints.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Woolf treats this psychic drama seriously and with great generosity and tenderness.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
  • My response was to remind them that their generosity could have big financial consequences.
    — Liz Weston, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The audacity to try is a matter of courage—and Cohen, the primary vocalist, has a ton.
    — Samuel Hyland, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Your dock is there, but Apple still limits it to four icons, leaving a ton of unused space above and below it.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Bezos and Sánchez Bezos received backlash for the event’s lavishness during global hardships.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Vanity Fair of today embodies a certain sort of lavishness—an often unironic appreciation of and yearning for rich people things.
    — Naomi Skwarna, hazlitt.net, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The advance notice allowed Baugh and his colleagues to alert dozens of grooms living in the barns to evacuate before the flood reached them.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The ruling allowed Oregon and dozens of other Western localities to limit where individuals living in cars, parks and other encampments stayed.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In 20 years’ time, one of the extravagances in these pages may be as commonplace as the smartphone is now.
    — John Vorwald, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
  • When Vreeland’s extravagance proved too much for Condé Nast, she was let go, in 1971.
    — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But the Lions lost a slew of experienced players from the team that went 11-2 and struggled in the early going this season.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Microsoft has been ramping up spending on data centers to accommodate high AI computing demand, supplying cloud services to Anthropic, OpenAI and a slew of other companies.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Such wastefulness in the first half prevented Louisiana from dragging USC into a dogfight.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Your hard truth is less likely to change her mind than to start an argument about the wastefulness of taking two cars.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Profusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profusion. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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