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profile

[proh-fahyl] / ˈproʊ faɪl /




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The Seahawks’ status as Super Bowl champions only raised their profile.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

As the head of a 24,000-member Methodist megachurch in a deeply conservative, rural area of Kansas, Hamilton would typically fit the profile of a right-wing Republican Christian.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

"It is important to raise the profile of male infertility. But are we fuelling that worry unnecessarily?"

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

She was a household name even before she reinvented herself as a reality TV star, with a high profile spell on Strictly Come Dancing, known for her forthright views and no-nonsense attitude.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

I watched with the profoundest satisfaction as five days of grime ran down my legs and out the drainhole, and noticed with astonished gratitude that my body had taken on a noticeably svelter profile.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

The idea was to stick to Plan A, hence Tuchel picked like-for-like profiles across the pitch rather than opting for players who change the style of the team.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

“It includes destination options and speed profiles on city roads, but more importantly significantly improved safety.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Unlike other dating apps, Grindr users don’t swipe through profiles.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2026

Until recently, Greenwater Services was an obscure water-treatment company in rural Ohio, with the lowest of corporate profiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

They raised wet lips at Ralph, for they seemed provided with not quite enough skin, so that their profiles were blurred and their mouths pulled open.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Looking at England's equaliser in the Euro 2024 final, the ability of individual players - profiled properly - to come up with solutions was clear.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Charniak, 85, is one of several families profiled in the new book “Grandfamilies: Stories of Children and the Loving Relatives Who Raise Them.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

The New York Times recently profiled a family of three earning $500,000 a year and living in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

Boise, which Barron’s profiled as its housing market soared in 2021, saw significant in-migration from more expensive metros as white-collar workers sought out greener pastures.

From Barron's Feb. 22, 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

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

Scientists believe emerging technologies such as single-cell omics, lineage tracing, and spatial profiling may help reveal the distinct subtypes of senescent cells and identify safer therapeutic targets.

From Science Daily May 22, 2026

“It helps place the city of Los Angeles on a path of ending racial profiling by LAPD,” said Chauncee Smith, of Catalyst California, a group that advocates for racial justice.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

The paper, titled "Single-nucleus chromatin accessibility profiling identifies cell types and functional variants contributing to major depression" by Anjali Chawla and Gustavo Turecki et al., was published in Nature Genetics.

From Science Daily Apr. 23, 2026

In recent years, civil rights advocates have launched important reform efforts, most notably the campaigns challenging felon disenfranchisement laws, crack-sentencing policies, and racial profiling by law enforcement.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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