as in criticized
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
more concerned with pleasing audiences, the playwright has always claimed to be indifferent to whether critics praise his comedies or blame them without mercy
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Recent Examples of blamed
State Senate Democratic Leader Sydney Batch blamed senate Republicans for failing to pass higher raises for teachers.
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Ackman blamed its poor share price performance partly on the delay of UMG’s listing in the United States.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
Not the First Outage While March's outage was blamed on faulty equipment, a previous disruption had a far more unusual cause.
—Brian Maass, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Russia blamed the attack on Ukrainian sea drones.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Multiple polls throughout the shutdown suggested that most voters blamed Republicans for the impasse, and that ICE enforcement was largely unpopular, dynamics that Democrats have seized on as evidence that the political risks of confrontation may be shifting in their favor.
—Nik Popli, Time, 7 Apr. 2026
Stein alleges the parents of the child actors blamed Busfield when their sons were recast in 2024 and wanted revenge.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
The humble org chart isn’t usually blamed for holding back innovation.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Google's security team agrees and has blamed the hacking on a North Korean group that targets stealing cryptocurrencies.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Ackman blamed its poor share price performance partly on the delay of UMG’s listing in the United States.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
Not the First Outage While March's outage was blamed on faulty equipment, a previous disruption had a far more unusual cause.
—Brian Maass, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Russia blamed the attack on Ukrainian sea drones.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Multiple polls throughout the shutdown suggested that most voters blamed Republicans for the impasse, and that ICE enforcement was largely unpopular, dynamics that Democrats have seized on as evidence that the political risks of confrontation may be shifting in their favor.
—Nik Popli, Time, 7 Apr. 2026
Stein alleges the parents of the child actors blamed Busfield when their sons were recast in 2024 and wanted revenge.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
The humble org chart isn’t usually blamed for holding back innovation.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Google's security team agrees and has blamed the hacking on a North Korean group that targets stealing cryptocurrencies.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blamed
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Legal experts such as the Polish Ombudsman, which protects civil and human rights in Poland, and the UNHCR have criticized Poland's suspension of the right to asylum.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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At the time, Magyar criticized the decision as a distraction from other issues affecting citizens, and said his government would protect the right to assembly, but steered clear of an explicit statement in support of that cause.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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Advocacy groups that have issued grave warnings about AI’s risks to society condemned the violence.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
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In that speech, Carney condemned economic coercion by great powers against smaller countries and received widespread praise for his remarks.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The referee also faulted Adam Cohen for blocking the sale of his father’s archive, which includes 200 notebooks, as well as paintings, hats, instruments and other ephemera, and which was appraised at one point at $48 million.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2026
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The safety board faulted Atmos for not doing more to identify threats posed by expansive soils, noting regulators had been warning about the issue since 2008 and that the NTSB identified expansive soils as a factor in a 2018 Atmos explosion in Dallas that killed one and injured four.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch denounced a sustained crackdown on dissent under Talon, citing arbitrary detentions, tighter restrictions on public demonstrations and mounting pressure on independent media outlets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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That was outrageous – not merely to the teachers unions who denounced it as racist and uninformed but to their allies in the mainstream media.—
Will Swaim,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2026
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Viktoria Koskenoja, an emergency medicine physician, knocked on the door then greeted her warmly, pulling up a stool across from her.—
Kate Wells,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
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With Carolina winning the puck battles down low, Jordan Martinook knocked the puck off Geekie’s stick, fed William Carrier for a goal on which the B’s needed a stop.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Blamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blamed. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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