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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
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
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
The media have medical specialists on call who will quickly second guess every non-disclosure, often with political malice aforethought.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2020
In December, Newman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with malice aforethought.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2020
Armando Iannucci’s absurdist comedy reveals this in an extremely loose manner of speaking, with malice aforethought, straight-faced glee and formidable sharpshooting that occasionally misfires.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2018
Greg Wehner, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2023
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
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
The media have medical specialists on call who will quickly second guess every non-disclosure, often with political malice aforethought.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2020
In December, Newman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with malice aforethought.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2020
Armando Iannucci’s absurdist comedy reveals this in an extremely loose manner of speaking, with malice aforethought, straight-faced glee and formidable sharpshooting that occasionally misfires.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aforethought
Adjective
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After four days of testimony, and two hours of deliberations, the jury found Conway guilty on all charges, except the premeditated murder and felony murder charges.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 June 2025
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Authorities have characterized the crime as premeditated and politically motivated, and the evidence is now at the center of upcoming court proceedings.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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The Great Replacement is a white nationalist conspiracy theory that claims there's a deliberate plot to replace white Americans with non-white immigrants through immigration and higher birth rates.—
Philippa Pham Hughes,
Time,
11 July 2025
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These incidents—stemming from deliberate choices about training and system prompts—represenmt fundamental management and implementation issues that, so far, no fancy-looking test-taking benchmarks have been able to capture.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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From staying focused on real problems to designing flexible business models, small but intentional decisions along the way to launch can make all the difference.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Again, all of those things could be inadvertent or intentional.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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“Aforethought.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aforethought. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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