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profusion

[ pruh-fyoo-zhuhn ]

noun

  1. abundance; abundant quantity.

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  2. a great quantity or amount (often followed by of ).
  3. lavish spending; extravagance.

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of profusion1

First recorded in 1535–45; rom Latin ±è°ù´Ç´ÚÅ«²õ¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ±è°ù´Ç´ÚÅ«²õ¾±Å ) “a pouring out, extravagance,†originally, “libationâ€; profuse, fusion
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Of course, there was a profusion of great minds in California’s fertile Santa Clara Valley, innovators and visionaries blessed with a superhuman capacity to peer around corners and deep into the future.

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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.

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The answer is not a sudden profusion of expressly political films; didacticism doesn’t win elections any more than it does the box office.

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Like Domingo, Murphy conveys so much through his eyes that you understand why their directors use a profusion of closeups.

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For many locals, the South Bay, with its profusion of Japanese supermarkets and restaurants, has eclipsed Little Tokyo for everyday shopping and eating.

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