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profuse

[pruh-fyoos, proh‐] / prəˈfyus, proʊ‐ /


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Tokyo has issued apologies, but many Chinese people believe they are not profuse enough.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

South Africa is Africa’s most advanced country but has struggled to solve a profuse inequality that has kept millions in poverty three decades after the segregation of apartheid ended.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

Their results demonstrated that the increase in biomass was due to improved photosynthesis and a delicate balancing of life cycle transition between diffuse and profuse growth depending on nitrogen and carbon availability.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

"We are shocked by how profuse the material is," said Marcos Cohen from the Delegation of Argentine Israelite Associations, the Jewish group acting as plaintiff in the process.

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023

Ainu men have a luxuriant beard and the most profuse body hair of any people.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond