as in adept
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
a professed analyst of American presidential politics
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as in pretended
to present a false appearance of
professed friendship while secretly plotting revenge
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as in declared
to state clearly and strongly
the lonely woman professed her love in a series of letters to the soldier
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as in alleged
to state as a fact usually forcefully
he professed his innocence to anyone who would listen
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Recent Examples of professed
Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Sep. 2024
The album artwork for Vultures II shows Ty holding a framed picture of his brother Big TC, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder despite his professed innocence.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Roosevelt’s professed horror at Hitler’s threat to democratic dispensations or the diabolically racist Nuremberg laws stretches credulity.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
In the end, conversations with the chatbot reduced the participant’s overall confidence in their professed conspiracy theory by an average of 20%.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Sep. 2024
The album artwork for Vultures II shows Ty holding a framed picture of his brother Big TC, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder despite his professed innocence.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
Verb
In 1914, Kolbe professed final vows, taking the name Br.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Roosevelt’s professed horror at Hitler’s threat to democratic dispensations or the diabolically racist Nuremberg laws stretches credulity.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for professed
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Managers in the solar industry are adept at making novice salespeople like Colvin push through the job’s darkness.Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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The Phillies were fine with dedicating roughly 20 percent of their total outfield plate appearances (1,890) to a below-average hitter and adept defender in Rojas.Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Seemingly as a gag to portray a darker Buddy, Ferrell held what appeared to be an unlit cigarette in his mouth and pretended to smoke it.Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
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Oh Il-nam (Oh Yeong-su), a dying old man who pretended to be Gi-hun’s ally in the game.Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
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Dozens of people have been infected around the country, California has declared a state of emergency and the spread among livestock has begun impacting the food supply.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
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Israel declared independence in May 1948, and neighboring Arab countries declared war.Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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To that end, although the complaint references alleged text messages from Bayless, the more explosive and damning allegations are told through Faraji’s recollections.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Just days before the vote, the complaint alleged, the employee in the auditor’s office violated ethics laws by sharing confidential information that portrayed the ambulance service negatively.Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2025
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Lopez hired experienced prospectors from Mexico to bring up more gold.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Yet the events of this week demonstrate the limits of those efforts, raising uncomfortable questions about whether any part of the United States — even the wealthiest, best prepared and most experienced — can truly adapt to wildfires made worse by a hotter climate.Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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On the other end, Gibbs began to slither his way into open space, and the Lions assumed full control.Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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As an incentive for the teams to stick around, the city assumed ownership of the land but agreed to give it back to the teams at the expiration of a ground lease in 2023, according to documents reviewed by The Post.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
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Third Down Conversions Another area where the first-round winners asserted their dominance was on third-down conversions.Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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As part of its motion, the government asserted that if the Court did not grant the stay by December 12 or 13, the government would ask for the same relief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Rivers insisted Monday that there are different ways of convincing a team its record is not reflective of its abilities.Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
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In the House, a majority of Democrats voted against the bill after House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on adding the provision to ban transgender medical care for children.CBS News, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Professed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professed. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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