profligately
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This process churns out neutrinos so profligately that “people were always intrigued with the possibility of using muons as a neutrino source,” says André de Gouvêa, a neutrino theorist at Northwestern University.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 28, 2023
The passionate and profligately gifted Irish maximalist Colum McCann, whose novel “Let the Great World Spin” won the 2009 National Book Award, likes to use nouns as verbs.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2020
Too often, we precisely monitor the former and profligately praise the latter.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 4, 2016
Bennett was willing to spend profligately to get these kinds of stories into his paper on a routine basis.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2014
Thus, then, the mystic priests belonging to this sect both live profligately and practise magical arts, each one to the extent of his ability.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
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