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profusion

[pruh-fyoo-zhuhn] / prəˈfyu ʒən /


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Our own era is one of disembodied images, of videos maybe not even made by humans, floating around on a confused profusion of platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

He certainly is not advocating violent demonstrations but even a profusion of peaceful protests elsewhere would still require an increase in public-order policing.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

There’s also evidence that the profusion of bodies and nightmarish scenes that characterize Mitchell’s later work started to creep in before he went to Vietnam.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

It's not always an absolutely gobsmacking profusion of uncontrollably bizarre life, as occurred with what's aptly called the Cambrian Explosion, a period about 540 million years ago when evolution got extremely creative.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

Madame coquetted with him in the most captivating and naive manner, with eyes, gestures, and a profusion of compliments, till the Colonel’s old head felt thirty years younger on his padded shoulders.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin




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