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Noun
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In The Maids, for instance, Williams has applied a dewy contemporary sheen to Genet’s grungy French cruelty.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
27 May 2026 -
Baseball is a beautiful game, with cruelty sometimes just around the corner.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
Noun
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There is no kind of treatment that’s going to get rid of this body dysmorphia and hatred toward your body.—
Louis Staples,
Glamour,
27 May 2026
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Silence enables hatred to grow.—
Michael Brunker,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Trying to find charm and not having malevolence as the intention, not trying to be evil, let the brilliant writing do that.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Reactions from tour loyalists at the time ranged from indifference to malevolence.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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After 1965, when African Americans’ right to vote was constitutionally recognized, the meanness continued.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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The collective community is more important than the individual, and care trumps meanness.—
Sarah Wang,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
Noun
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The expediency of their exchanges (back and forth over a couple of weeks) electrified the planet, especially the mounting viciousness of Lamar’s attack (ad hominem all the way).—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The horror has come now like a storm— what if this night prefigured the night after death— what if all thereafter was an eternal quivering on the edge of an abyss, with everything base and vicious in oneself urging one forward and the baseness and viciousness of the world just ahead.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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DeBesse said the district concluded there was no malice on the part of the family.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 May 2026
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This is not malice or intention.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 May 2026
Noun
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The Royals expressed confidence in Erceg in spite of his recent run of subpar performances.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2026
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In spite of the cool winter chinch bugs are feeding in Augustine lawns; treat when noticed.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Cancers of the head and neck include malignancies affecting the mouth and throat (called the oral cavity and pharynx), the voice box (larynx), the sinuses and nasal cavities, and the salivary glands.—
Mikkael Sekeres,
Washington Post,
18 May 2026
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And in 2025, UCSD researchers were awarded $25 million to develop biomarkers capable of anticipating tumor evolution and predicting how malignancies will respond to treatment.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Abusiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abusiveness. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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