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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

Bransfield spent profligately in other ways, too, according to the investigation.

From Washington Post Jul. 23, 2019

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

Though death-still, it has a voice which calls ceaselessly to those human hearts tuned to its messages: hostile and harsh, it draws and urges; repellent, it profligately awards health and wealth; inviting, it kills.

From The Desert Valley by Gregory, Jackson




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