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This process churns out neutrinos so profligately that “people were always intrigued with the possibility of using muons as a neutrino source,” says André de Gouvêa, a neutrino theorist at Northwestern University.

From Scientific American • Aug. 28, 2023

Bransfield spent profligately in other ways, too, according to the investigation.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2019

Too often, we precisely monitor the former and profligately praise the latter.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 4, 2016

There were four Swansea players in the penalty area when Matteo Darmian crossed from the left and not one of them could get near the Belgian, who profligately volleyed wide.

From The Guardian • Nov. 6, 2016

When he wasted time he wasted it profligately.

From Under Handicap A Novel by Gregory, Jackson




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