- present participle of profile.
profiling
Americannoun
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the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in
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the use of these characteristics to determine whether a person may be engaged in illegal activity, as in
noun
Example Sentences
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But activists say hundreds have been pushed across the border from Assam in recent months without due legal process, often based on ethnic profiling.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
The National Security Agency also developed a behavioral profiling program, SKYNET, to identify Al Qaeda couriers in Afghanistan.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Additional analysis using selective ribosome profiling showed that DHX29 is more likely to associate with ribosomes that are reading non-optimal codons.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2026
He tracked changes in the microbial populations using advanced DNA analysis and metabolite profiling to better understand how fermentation unfolds.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 16, 2026
He had had no experience with profiling, hadn’t been suspected of anything by anyone with real authority.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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