profane
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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
Pretty and profane, funny and frank, Paul amassed a large following.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
The artist initially intended to create five matching versions of his toilet, which he titled “America” as a way to question which spaces in a museum get deemed sacred versus profane.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
The Church saw vinum clarum as a profane wine, and its consumption was not imbued with Christian symbolism, nor attached to any table ceremony.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024
Dare to profane with his unworthiest hand that.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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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