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
Another angle that is often professed is that the good must be paired with the bad.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The competition also professes to stand out thanks to its unique evaluation format.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
More than a half-century after his assassination, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continues to stoke suspicion—both of his death and of the United States’ professed moral footing.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 28 July 2025
In addition to being tagged a racist for life, Hogan loudly and proudly professed his support of Donald Trump.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 24 July 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The competition also professes to stand out thanks to its unique evaluation format.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
More than a half-century after his assassination, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continues to stoke suspicion—both of his death and of the United States’ professed moral footing.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 28 July 2025
In addition to being tagged a racist for life, Hogan loudly and proudly professed his support of Donald Trump.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profess
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The callers would pretend to be collecting for causes such as clean drinking water in poor countries across the world, or for human trafficking victims.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Labor Day weekend is a final chance to fire up the grill, argue over who makes the best potato salad and lounge around pretending Monday (and fall) isn’t coming.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Shutting down the Iranian embassy, the Australian government declared Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi persona non grata and ordered him and three other Iranian officials to leave within three days.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
28 Aug. 2025
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Question: Currently, two warning labels are mandated for alcohol, one stating that alcohol can lead to birth defects when consumed by women who are pregnant and secondly, a label that declares that drinking impairs one’s ability to drive a car.—
Gary Stern,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The Residences’ partners insisted wood be wood, leather be leather, and plastic should never be a faux substitute because the ultra rich instantly spot imitations.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Some Sámi responded by insisting that alcohol was a necessary medicine and crossing the border to Norway, which had less regulation, to obtain it.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Aug. 2025
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Armadillos are often assumed to be a critter of the wild west, but they can actually be found in several places across the United States, including Indiana.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
22 Aug. 2025
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Probably safe to assume Leto’s DAMAGED take on the Joker won’t be reappearing in the DCU.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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Grant and family estate assert right to ownership Even if Nashville Church of Christ’s ministries are legitimate, Grant and Burton argue the activity is not a proper use of the property according to its deed.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
20 Aug. 2025
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Authorities allege Mangione continues to influence followers even while in custody.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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Authorities allege voice messages found on CDobleta’s phone during that separate investigation implicated CHIMI in his current case.—
Juan J. Arroyo,
Rolling Stone,
30 Aug. 2025
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In April, an E-6B aircraft simulated the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile using the ALCS.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Vermeulen is a prominent space systems researcher who commanded the first HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) mission in 2013 — a four-month-long Mars habitat analog experiment that aimed to simulate life on a Mars base.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Following that was a dizzying parade of additional tariffs, delays in implementation, claimed deals with other countries and regions (some of which disputed the details the White House proclaimed).—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Landau after all was the music critic who famously proclaimed Bruce the future rock and roll.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Profess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profess. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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