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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

Dodgers officials, however, have been profuse in their praise of Betts since the start of the season.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2024

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

But he was confident that between Zeitoun’s reputation, lack of any prior infractions, and this showing of character witnesses—a wide swath of upstanding New Orleanians—the judge would release Abdulrahman Zeitoun with profuse apologies.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers




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