profane
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For those who feel that the contemporary-art world is awash in the profane, Mr. Cowan’s work offers a taste of the sacred.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
On a never-ending feed we watch the cute and profane, sleepwalking toward an emotional state beyond shock as entertainment: the banality of passive consumption.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
In 1431, the ecumenical Council of Basel ordered the deans and rectors of churches to expel "frivolities" and "profane abuses" from holy buildings, but implicitly allowed them to take place in the squares outside.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024
The late, great Olivia de Havilland famously sued, at age 100, Ryan Murphy for his profane and gossipy depiction of her in “Feud: Bette and Joan.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2024
He became a theologian—but he could not escape his profane past.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing profane
Romeo and Juliet
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Grade 11, List 3
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