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profane

[pruh-feyn, proh-] / prəˈfeɪn, proʊ- /




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Appeared in the March 24, 2026, print edition as 'The Profane President Trump'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

He’d actually flown the Hornet, Profane 12, Resilard was in the night of the accident.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2019

Profane words have a direct line to our emotions.

From Time • Sep. 13, 2016

A debut Independent appearance by the Mexico City gallery Kurimanzutto brings a rare visit from the long-expatriate American artist Jimmie Durham in the form of a 2007 installation, “The Sacred, the Profane and Everything Else.”

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2015

Titian, "Bacchus and Ariadne," 278-280; "Sacred and Profane Love," 280.

From Line and Form (1900) by Crane, Walter




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