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
Cai Xia, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
Still, he’s used the instruments available to him to force sanctuary-city mayors to confront the consequences of their own professed beliefs on immigration and to bait the Biden administration into making its perverse priorities at the border unmistakable.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
This was after Nan professed her love to Guy (Matthew Broome) and had chosen him over the Duke of Tintagel.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The professed goal was to make the presidency consistent with the party and military positions, even though the obvious reform would have been the reverse: to add term limits to those positions.
—Cai Xia, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
Still, he’s used the instruments available to him to force sanctuary-city mayors to confront the consequences of their own professed beliefs on immigration and to bait the Biden administration into making its perverse priorities at the border unmistakable.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
Verb
Rodgers professed to the Jets owner that he was disappointed in his performance versus the Vikings and that the pair discussed how the team could turn the season around.
—Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
This was after Nan professed her love to Guy (Matthew Broome) and had chosen him over the Duke of Tintagel.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for professed
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College professors complain that the students coming to them aren’t even adept at reading books.Karin Klein, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Most foreign governments have become adept over the years at managing Washington, the multilayered and federal U.S. political system.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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Vance is expected to call out Walz, like Harris, as someone who has pretended to be a moderate while leading one of the most liberal states in the country.Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
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The woman then pretended to hang herself with an electrical cord, just as Englyn eventually did.Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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California declared the Klamath population of spring-run chinook threatened in 2022.Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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The Central American country not only declared bitcoin legal tender but also created regulations regarding digital assets in general, and have been accumulating bitcoin.Javier Bastardo, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Video was submitted to the insurance company that alleged to show the animal entering the car.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Owens is alleged to have accepted $125,000 in cash from one of the agents on the yacht, according to the indictment.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Later in the day, someone older or more experienced might have excellent advice for you.Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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With plenty of novice and intermediate trails, though, the mountain is generally favored by locals and more experienced skiers for its high elevation with double black diamond trails and, of course, that deep natural snowfall.Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2024
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Ariel Henry, the deeply unpopular prime minister at the time, assumed the role of president and failed to hold elections.Jay Blackman, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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And at least one of the people locked in the embrace — long assumed to be sisters or a mother and daughter — was a man.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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In April, Inspector General Christi Grimm defended her office’s work in congressional testimony but also asserted that its resources are inadequate.Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
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Cohen asserted what's known as a Bivens claim, named after a 1971 Supreme Court decision in which the court held that federal officers can be sued for damages for certain constitutional violations.Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
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Shand repeatedly insisted there was no one else outside, even as five more desperate Indians wandered to the vehicle from the fields, including one going in and out of consciousness.Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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The lawmakers insisted the statements were made in jest.David Ingram, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Professed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professed. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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