1
as in to pretend
to present a false appearance of
professed friendship while secretly plotting revenge
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2
as in to declare
to state clearly and strongly
the lonely woman professed her love in a series of letters to the soldier
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3
as in to insist
to state as a fact usually forcefully
he professed his innocence to anyone who would listen
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Recent Examples of profess
Is a beautiful bride and a handsome groom having their lovely wedding interrupted by another handsome man standing up and professing his love for the beautiful bride, and then handsome man and beautiful bride running away together memorable?
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 May 2025
The two chatted about the upcoming race, with the three-time champion professing his love for the trophy for the winner of today's Grand Prix.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 May 2025
At the Tomb, the president also professed his excitement for the number of symbolic events occurring in the years ahead.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Villaraigosa, a former labor leader who’s gotten crossways with teacher unions among other party mainstays, professed not to care.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 May 2025
The two chatted about the upcoming race, with the three-time champion professing his love for the trophy for the winner of today's Grand Prix.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 May 2025
At the Tomb, the president also professed his excitement for the number of symbolic events occurring in the years ahead.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Villaraigosa, a former labor leader who’s gotten crossways with teacher unions among other party mainstays, professed not to care.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profess
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Diversify vendors, build local backups and stop pretending just-in-time solutions work in a world that’s anything but stable.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Let Lilian slow down and hesitate before issuing a greeting—Maureen would pretend to neither hear nor see her.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
15 June 2025
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He was widely declared unready for the tall task of being a No. 2 on a contender.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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He was declared brain dead the next day at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2025
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But one of Holmgren’s first acts as a member of the Thunder, after a spectacular performance in his Summer League début, was to insist that a teammate join him for the postgame interview, which traditionally goes to the game’s key player.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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Johnson insisted that Musk has bad information, and the speaker disputed the forecasts of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that scores budget legislation.—
Bill Barrow,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Sponsors may assume their site partners are ready, only to discover costly delays during study startup.—
Sonali Bloom,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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For present purposes, the Court can assume (as seems likely) that Congress intended to preclude the President (or any subordinate officials acting at his direction) from directing, supervising, or controlling the Corporation.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
8 June 2025
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The Biden Department of Education’s fact sheet—which was not a law or a regulation promulgated through agency rule-making—asserted colleges paying athletes for use of their NIL ought to count as athletic financial assistance within the meaning of Title IX.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 June 2025
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After a shock-and-awe run of asserting executive power — much of it now tied up in the courts — Trump’s full attention is now on the Capitol, where lawmaking is in short supply this year.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
6 June 2025
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By failing to meet and confer with the union over the impact of a return-to-office order on supervisors and managers in early March, Newsom violated state labor law, the union alleges.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2025
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The passenger alleged that McRoy continued to take more marijuana dabs.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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Advertisement Read More: The Worst Thing to Say to Someone Who’s Depressed In the June report, the organization stressed that AI tools that simulate human relationships need to be designed with safeguards that mitigate potential harm.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
12 June 2025
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Researchers say a working quantum computer will be a useful tool to simulate complicated physics or do math that could decipher encrypted data.—
Chris Eudaily,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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Jordan Vidovic proclaimed that the RedHawks are the best team in Illinois to ever play the sport.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Prior to the match, John McEnroe proclaimed that either would be the favorite against 14-time Roland Garros winner Rafael Nadal, who was honored before the tournament with his footprint on Philippe-Chatrier.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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“Profess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profess. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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