How to Use profile in a Sentence

profile

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  • I read a profile of her in a magazine.
  • An image of the President's profile appears on the coin.
  • His profile is very unusual.
  • The scent profile is the first thing that matters when choosing the best cologne.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The interviews and profiles McCarthy rarely spoke on the record.
    Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • The app is set up the same way as the webpage, with tabs for home, courses, live, practice, and your profile.
    Madison Yauger, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
  • And Gregory, the youngest Soros, is a sculptor who prefers to keep a low profile.
    Rachel Shin, Fortune, 12 June 2023
  • Why not bring in a manager more in line with his team’s profile?
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The wing won’t be visible from the side because it’s designed to be flush with the car’s side profile.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • One quick way is searching for the account's IG profile.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 26 June 2023
  • Click on your profile picture in the top right corner to view your profile page.
    The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
  • BioWare has been in a major slump since the release and high profile failure of Anthem.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Since coming out in 2020, Page has been one of the few high profile people speaking about life as a trans man.
    Adrienne Gaffney, elle.com, 9 June 2023
  • Langford, by all accounts, had the profile of a fast riser.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Is the plan to keep a low profile, hope for a win, and then hand the baton to Vice President Kamala Harris?
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Over the years, the room listing has eclipsed the homeowner profile on the platform, reducing its peer-to-peer vibe.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 10 May 2023
  • Players can create new profiles from inside the app and quickly start a Share Play stream for friends to watch.
    Umar Shakir, The Verge, 26 June 2023
  • Speaking to reporters after the win, Mulkey said the profile was not a distraction.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
  • And Dave Killen, the camp photo director, came to shoot my photo for the student profile.
    Mckenzie Andersen, oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • The show features a room called The Hall, where men wait prepared to sweep the women off their feet if their dating profiles get approved.
    oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The Vogue profile is coming at a crucial time in Zendaya’s career.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The only way Philipps knows how to navigate is to simply not to think about her celebrity profile too hard.
    Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
  • So, from the optimal CFO profile perspective, that’s a void or a missing link for me.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The pin prevents kids from switching to adult profiles and can be used to block content with a certain rating.
    Jonathon Norcross, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The comment also claimed that the singer archived her Solar Power cover art from her feed and changed her profile pic.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Of the 15 closest profiles, nine of them include photos of only torsos or body parts.
    Spencer MacNaughton, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2023
  • France is one of the oldest producers of fleur de sel, which is prized for its bright oceanic flavor profile.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2023
  • How could sitting in a study in London and writing about this man ever measure up to his profile in courage?
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Keep your profile anonymous These steps aren’t just for people who browse TikTok.
    Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The Prince and Princess of Wales’ profile pages on the royal family’s official Royal.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
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  • The mayor was profiled in the magazine last month.
  • What are the odds of your resume and profile being the one that stands out from the rest?
    Sho Dewan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • She was profiled in T, the style magazine of The Times.
    Alex Traub, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The senders all looked to Nathalia like men, based on their usernames and profile pictures.
    Jesselyn Cook, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Greenidge’s book isn’t the first to profile the Grimke family.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2022
  • But Pivetta has always profiled as a better fit in the bullpen.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • At times, the police have stated outright the need to profile people.
    New York Times, 25 June 2022
  • Douglass is the first public figure to be profiled in the enlarged gallery.
    Janelle Harris Dixon, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The action icon will be profiled in the upcoming project titled Sly.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 June 2023
  • Ritchie, who had moved with her husband to his family farm, felt profiled.
    Jack Herrera, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Black women, who are in positions to profile Black artists.
    Emily Lordi, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2022
  • There was an earlier scene where Batman went to Arkham to try to profile the Riddler, and Barry is in that scene.
    Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Here’s an example: How to enable the new kids profile feature?
    Chris Smith, BGR, 20 May 2022
  • Users simply need to pick one of their existing reels or posts, select the three dots in the upper right-hand corner, and pick pin to profile.
    Gene Marks, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • The couple were profiled in 2020 in The New York Times, when much of the world was under lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Dallas has allowed five yards per carry, but the Rams don’t profile as a team that can take advantage.
    Adam Burke, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • On the other hand, Langford profiled as an advanced hitter pre-draft.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • What was great about this field trip was that the museum promised to do my job for me: construct a profile of the person I was supposed to be profiling.
    Laura Kipnis, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2023
  • After agreeing, fans upload their name and profile photo to see a poster of themselves on the Streamberry show.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 21 June 2023
  • The following three tables profile this on a per capita basis.
    Steven Savage, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • In the minor leagues, Massey profiled as an above-average contact hitter.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The perpetrators of com's and 764's abuse have for years operated behind the masks of usernames and profile pictures.
    Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The film profiles Indiana Paralympic swimmer Lizzi Smith and her battle with mental health amidst her journey to the top.
    Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Musk's announcement came as a number of high-profile Twitter users changed their display name and profile picture to match Musk's.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The Times profiled the 4.0 L.A. student’s plight, putting a face on the struggle thousands of California’s poorest students face.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Nonetheless, New Orleans continues to profile as a high-scoring team, with the total going over in eight of their 10 games this season.
    Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Fires, floods, intrigue and mystery make up the history and legends of the Superstition Mountains, and this issue fits that profile.
    Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
  • While each wine had its own character and profile, the tasting was a testament to the overall quality and ageability of these wines.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 May 2023
  • However, Vivaldi vowed years ago not to track or profile customers.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 9 June 2022
  • Their stroke of brilliance comes in profiling the handful of specialists who keep the instruments in working order.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024

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