profusions

noun

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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profusions
  1. loads
  2. dozens
  3. tons
  4. piles
  5. hundreds
  6. quantities
  7. chunks
  8. lots
Noun
  • Positioned in the central fuselage, the structure is designed to bear and transfer aircraft loads.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2026
  • Recent forest fire mitigation efforts include decreasing dangerous fuel loads via thinning, prescribed burning, or timber harvesting.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • At Thursday’s event, more than a dozen disability, aging, mental health and civil rights organizations, as well as self-advocates, joined together to urge the governor to support all Medicaid Home and Community Based Services programs, not just CFC.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2026
  • But in the past two years, large outbreaks have hit multiple states, spawning thousands of illnesses, including about a dozen deaths.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of dozens
Noun
  • It's also defined by tons of glazing, including windows and large operable doors.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Workers have taken down dozens of trees and have been moving tons of dirt on both sides of the freeway.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of tons
Noun
  • Avoid placing meat scraps or sweet foods, such as fruit and fruit peels, in compost piles.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2026
  • But when winter arrives, those leaves could be replaced by piles of snow.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • Also pending is the release of hundreds of political prisoners.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
  • That's a casualty of last year's government shutdown, which idled hundreds of government price-checkers so prices from October 2025 were never recorded for comparison.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • This branch of mathematics deals with measuring geometric figures and investigating variable quantities, among other things.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2026
  • In addition, modular designs allow fuel cells to be scaled to provide much larger quantities of power — one of the principal demands of data centers.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of quantities
Noun
  • That means extending connections to the new football practice facility across the street, and to the swimming and diving program next door, and to donors in office buildings downtown, and even to chunks of the alumni base in cities like San Antonio.
    — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Nov. 2026
  • When the pocket collapses, Manning has the athleticism to escape and pick up chunks with his legs.
    — , FOXNews.com, 14 Nov. 2026
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • There is lots to discover, from a 17th-century military fortress to the almost 100-year-old Magic Fountains.
    — Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The proposal would speed up the sales of small, unused city lots by allowing community boards and borough presidents to review them at the same time without a final City Council vote.
    — Digital Producer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of lots
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“Profusions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profusions. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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