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Recent Examples of aforethought
Páez was also convicted of two counts of aggravated homicide, qualified by intent and malice aforethought.
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Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
25 Feb. 2023
Had Styles — either completely by accident or with malice aforethought — unleashed a mouthful of spit upon his elder co-star?
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Vulture,
7 Sep. 2022
The leak of a draft majority opinion from the Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v. Wade is an unprecedented breach of trust, and one that must be assumed was done with malice aforethought.
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The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
3 May 2022
Depraved-indifference murder is not supposed to be a sleight-of-hand that elevates manslaughter to murder, or that effectively turns an unintentional killing into an intentional murder by substituting depraved indifference for malice aforethought.
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Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
7 Mar. 2021
In December, Newman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with malice aforethought.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE.com,
9 July 2020
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
25 Feb. 2023
Had Styles — either completely by accident or with malice aforethought — unleashed a mouthful of spit upon his elder co-star?
—
Vulture,
7 Sep. 2022
The leak of a draft majority opinion from the Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v. Wade is an unprecedented breach of trust, and one that must be assumed was done with malice aforethought.
—
The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
3 May 2022
Depraved-indifference murder is not supposed to be a sleight-of-hand that elevates manslaughter to murder, or that effectively turns an unintentional killing into an intentional murder by substituting depraved indifference for malice aforethought.
—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
7 Mar. 2021
In December, Newman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with malice aforethought.
—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE.com,
9 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aforethought
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Dubai police have charged George with premeditated murder.
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Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, was convicted in 1992 of the premeditated murder of his wife, Karen Spencer, just outside of her west Orange County home earlier that year.
Adjective
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What is needed now is a deliberate consolidation of overlapping groups into effective coalitions, accompanied by rigorous tracking of donors and their commitments.
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Also woven into the story is Lim Bo Seng, the real-life resistance leader who serves as a mentor figure to Kai, and Takeshi Inoue, a Japanese officer drawn with deliberate moral complexity.
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If anything, the dichotomy between the pop star who prances around Versailles in a sheer nightie and the pop star who stomps onstage in knee-high combat boots feels completely authentic and intentional.
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Was that an intentional choice throughout the season?
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“Aforethought.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aforethought. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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