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Recent Examples of profile
Amie Parnes, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
Around the corner in an adjoining room, a silvery space-age pinball machine sits with a cartoon-style side profile of Pharrell Williams backlit above the screen that displays the score.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
In the list below, Deadline has profiled seven filmmakers at the forefront of this new wave, who already have a few films under their belt, as well as three first-time filmmakers who have recently made promising debuts.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Since departing the White House, Biden has kept a relatively low profile, attending a Broadway show and a St. Patrick’s Day event but avoiding the spotlight.
—Amie Parnes, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
Around the corner in an adjoining room, a silvery space-age pinball machine sits with a cartoon-style side profile of Pharrell Williams backlit above the screen that displays the score.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
His new movie, Magazine Dreams, hits theaters this Friday, March 21, and he was recently profiled in The Hollywood Reporter.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
In the list below, Deadline has profiled seven filmmakers at the forefront of this new wave, who already have a few films under their belt, as well as three first-time filmmakers who have recently made promising debuts.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profile
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Over in Louisiana, the contours of the Senate GOP primary are starting to take shape.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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The exact contours of soybean demand in the new economic world that Trump has created remain to be seen.—
Sarah Sax,
The Atlantic,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The letters, which were described to Reuters by four people familiar with their contents, outlined the Chinese position as well as the need for multipolarity and for countries to stand together.—
Beijing and Washington Bureaus,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Ida Kassa Johannesen Head of commercial ESG at Saxo Bank Goldman’s Della Vigna outlined three reasons to back-up his view on why ESG investors should bring oil and gas stocks in from the cold.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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For now, the economy remains in solid shape by several key measures.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Its rectangular shape evokes a vintage cigarette pouch, and every detail harks back to the fashion house’s extensive, industry-defining legacy.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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But while some industry insiders are already writing obituaries for in-person tourist support centers, destinations around Asia are actually increasing the number of traveler help desks.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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At the end of 2023, a string of obituaries produced by Caixin Media, one of China's most respected news outlets, vanished from its website.—
Wenxin Fan,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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To picture this, imagine two stars orbiting each other in a flat plane, like spinning wheels.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Now picture yourself with a big eraser in your hand and imagine wiping the slate clean, eliminating distractions.—
Scott Mautz, Contributor,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Below, two especially careful 2025 Grand National Ladies Day amateur botanists demonstrate the extreme planar geometry of placing the straw in relation to the blooms.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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So, astronomers have come up with a compromise regarding the geometry of the sun's illumination angle on Venus' disk versus its distance from Earth to determine the time of Venus' greatest brilliancy.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Moments like Friday showcase growth for Lindor, 31, who became the fifth shortstop in major-league history to reach 250 home runs.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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At the time of his death, Carter was the longest living president in American history.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The 2018 model housed Intel’s Coffee Lake processors, offering 4-core and 6-core configurations with Intel UHD Graphics 630.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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People tend to use this configuration to navigate restrictive VPN policies in countries like China or Russia.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Profile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profile. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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