profane
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The author also notes a telling detail: Abolitionists such as Douglass often chose to speak on July 5, not the Fourth itself, regarding the official celebration as compromised, even profane.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
On a never-ending feed we watch the cute and profane, sleepwalking toward an emotional state beyond shock as entertainment: the banality of passive consumption.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
The Church saw vinum clarum as a profane wine, and its consumption was not imbued with Christian symbolism, nor attached to any table ceremony.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024
“It is profane to compare the long, painful history of abuse and discrimination suffered by Black Americans to something totally different.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024
My dissertation gave a different shape to history, one that was neither Mormon nor anti-Mormon, neither spiritual nor profane.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing profane
Romeo and Juliet
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Grade 11, List 3
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