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profile

[proh-fahyl] / ˈproʊ faɪl /




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Its LinkedIn company profile lists it as having 51 to 200 employees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Senate and House leadership positions are largely behind-the-scenes vote-wrangling jobs, hardly the sort of public profile that a presidential candidate-in-waiting might aspire to.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026

Growth, revisions, and income statement quality lead the profile.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

NRL star Jai Arrow and former Wallaby Nathan Charles have recently been diagnosed, raising the profile of MND in Australia.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

In profile, my nose jutted way past my chin and upstaged the rest of my features.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

The 12th in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The study, "EXPRESS: Rapamycin increases cerebral blood flow and modulates metabolic, inflammatory, and microbiome profiles in healthy middle-aged APOE4 carriers: a pilot single-arm trial" was published in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

Click on the tickers for more about each company, including corporate profiles, analysts’ ratings and consensus price targets.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

He is not one for trash talk or the theatrics that often help fighters build their profiles, preferring to let his performances do the talking.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Because of this, it’s unclear to me why a collection of intimate profiles or personal stories is so frequently termed a poll.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

"Our recording captured a clear, permanent mark distinguishing the two very first cells, letting us trace nearly every cell we profiled from the embryo back to one or the other," said Kim.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

As profiled by The Wall Street Journal this week, a Chicago man who calls himself The Profiler has flagged thousands, warning users to scrutinize even verified accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Earlier this month, the New York Times profiled the Modern Silent Shorts festival, which has annually showcased short films it commissions from select filmmakers since 2024.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

A 2025 Wired article entitled “Your Next Pet Could Be a Glowing Rabbit” profiled a Texas company seeking to create gene-edited pets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

He profiled directly in front of the bull, drew the sword out of the folds of the muleta and sighted along the blade.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

“Many Hindu families in Ohio live with fear—fear of ICE raids, profiling based on accent or appearance and the constant anxiety of family separation,” Pyakurel wrote.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

This summer André, alongside fellow comedian Clayton English, settled a racial profiling suit against Clayton County police in Georgia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

They had not been charged because profiling and documentation were still under way before the deaths, he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

But activists say hundreds have been pushed across the border from Assam in recent months without due legal process, often based on ethnic profiling.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

“I agree that racism and racial profiling are unacceptable. How ever, due to the ongoing investigation, there is a lot I can’t speak on regarding that specific incident.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas


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