profusion
abundance; abundant quantity.
a great quantity or amount (often followed by of).
lavish spending; extravagance.
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How to use profusion in a sentence
They start talking about stuff like quantum energy fields, or about profusion of blood in Spect images.
These seemed to be emerging in bewildering profusion from experiments at ever-higher energies.
Jack Steinberger, Nobel laureate in physics, dies at 99 | Martin Weil | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostNature’s heterogeneity therefore carves out spaces for a profusion of organisms.
A Physicist’s Approach to Biology Brings Ecological Insights | Gabriel Popkin | October 13, 2020 | Quanta MagazineSuffice it to say, solutions to the profusion of cheap plastic and plastic waste are available.
Big Oil’s hopes are pinned on plastics. It won’t end well. | David Roberts | September 4, 2020 | VoxA famous image of inventor Nikola Tesla shows him casually sitting on a chair, legs crossed, taking notes—oblivious to the profusion of artificial lightning rending the air meters away.
New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission | Jason Dorrier | August 30, 2020 | Singularity Hub
Despite the profusion of products, the star—as the U.N. clearly knows—will always be Posh herself.
In 2009, he said asylum-seekers "will bring with them a profusion of diseases."
Yet no age has ever produced a greater profusion of writers who foresaw vividly and rivetingly the impending explosions.
It explains why fairytales boast such a profusion of curses, dragons, witches, and potions.
The garden at the rear was bright with a profusion of spring flowers and sheltered with ornamental trees and vines.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyThey found it not composed entirely of ashes and tin cans, either, although both of these were there in great profusion.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerCards of invitation from the most distinguished personages rained down upon the fortunate veteran in profusion.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsGreat tropical trees grew in wild profusion, while gorgeous vegetation abounded.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph HockingThe malecontents at the coffeehouses of London murmured at this profusion, and accused William of ostentation.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
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