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
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
Trump can’t seem to refrain from touting his genius, especially when the subject is dealmaking, his professed speciality.
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Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
Jason Pettigrew,
SPIN,
11 June 2026
McAfee has professed the benefits of unpasteurized milk in public libraries and chiropractor offices.
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Annie Waldman,
ProPublica,
9 June 2026
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Adjective
Some fleeing toil and craving transcendence, others reaffirming a faith long professed.
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Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
Trump can’t seem to refrain from touting his genius, especially when the subject is dealmaking, his professed speciality.
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Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
And, on more than one occasion, Seth and Scott have professed their love for Patton.
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Jason Pettigrew,
SPIN,
11 June 2026
McAfee has professed the benefits of unpasteurized milk in public libraries and chiropractor offices.
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Annie Waldman,
ProPublica,
9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for professed
Adjective
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The vomeronasal organ is adept at detecting airborne and non-airborne odors, allowing the snake to analyze the chemical composition of its surroundings.
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But AfD has long become adept at harnessing discontent with issues well beyond its signature theme of curbing migration, which powered its rise in the mid-2010s.
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Even though many Metallica fans pretended to loathe the Load albums, headbangers came out for them.
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But at least the administration still pretended that justice was the point.
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The State Department on Tuesday congratulated conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori after she was declared the winner of Peru’s presidential runoff election by a razor-thin margin.
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The military declared McKinney dead in March 1946, though no crash site had been identified, let alone any remains of the man from Providence, Rhode Island.
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Gray alleged a litany of corruption violations, including claims that Haggerty double-billed the county for travel expenses and misused public resources.
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Alberto Fujimori of Peru must face Alejandro Toledo in a runoff election; Toledo’s supporters had alleged electoral fraud.
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The plebeians have plenty to be furious about, but their representatives, skilled at turning a crowd into a mob, seem hellbent on shoring up their own influence.
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It is stored in plain text in RAM and can theoretically be accessed by administrators, cloud operators, hypervisors, or highly skilled attackers through malware, insider threats, or side-channel attacks.
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Many business leaders assumed the semiconductor crisis ended with the pandemic.
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The defense attorney said police automatically assumed her client was the suspect from the start.
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Cruz asserted that the fleet causes environmental damage and threatens endangered wildlife.
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Vance asserted that the 2020 election was rigged due to tech companies censoring information.
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Slave owners insisted that human bondage fulfilled God’s will.
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Even with some international teams packing up to go home, Rodríguez late Thursday insisted that the government was not winding down rescue efforts.
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“Professed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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