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
The county argues the grand jury fundamentally misunderstood what happened before the explosion, saying its investigation relied on speculation instead of evidence and wrongly blamed county officials for a criminal enterprise prosecutors say was built on years of deception.
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Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
That’s how many layoffs have been blamed on AI so far this year, according to career services firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The White House said in a statement that the Iran resolution had no significance and blamed the result on Republican absences.
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Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Many who still support the exit from the European bloc argue that it was handled poorly by the successive governments and politicians that oversaw the transition, and the move itself shouldn't be blamed.
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Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
The lawsuit claims Bass falsely blamed Crowley for inoperable fire engines and sending home firefighters, part of a broader effort to shift criticism over the city’s disastrous fire response.
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
But if the productivity improvements come too late—or never arrive at all—he could be blamed for a much deeper crisis than dotcom.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
An Israeli source told CNN that Netanyahu has also privately blamed Kushner and Witkoff for creating a wedge between the two leaders.
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Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
Russia, meanwhile, blamed the CIA — and soon found support from the legendary American journalist Seymour Hersh, who published a detailed, single-source Substack post claiming that US Navy Divers placed C4 charges to be set off later by the Norwegian Navy.
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Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
That’s how many layoffs have been blamed on AI so far this year, according to career services firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.
—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The White House said in a statement that the Iran resolution had no significance and blamed the result on Republican absences.
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Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Many who still support the exit from the European bloc argue that it was handled poorly by the successive governments and politicians that oversaw the transition, and the move itself shouldn't be blamed.
—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
The lawsuit claims Bass falsely blamed Crowley for inoperable fire engines and sending home firefighters, part of a broader effort to shift criticism over the city’s disastrous fire response.
—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
But if the productivity improvements come too late—or never arrive at all—he could be blamed for a much deeper crisis than dotcom.
—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
An Israeli source told CNN that Netanyahu has also privately blamed Kushner and Witkoff for creating a wedge between the two leaders.
—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
Russia, meanwhile, blamed the CIA — and soon found support from the legendary American journalist Seymour Hersh, who published a detailed, single-source Substack post claiming that US Navy Divers placed C4 charges to be set off later by the Norwegian Navy.
—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blamed
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Greenspan was also criticized for enacting policies that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis that led to the recession at the end of the 2000s.
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The Federal Reserve’s steadfast period of low interest rates in the 2000s was criticized as contributing to a housing bubble in the 2000s, followed by the mortgage crisis of 2007 and the Great Recession the following year.
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They have also been widely condemned by antisemitism watchdogs, the university and government officials — some of whom suggested that his comments should prevent him from being hired anywhere.
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There are moments when a phrase, or a current of thought, that had seemed condemned to archival history is suddenly all anyone talks about.
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The maneuver attempts to beat a grand jury deadline after courts faulted prosecutors’ instructions on how presidential electors are certified, echoing dismissed election cases in Michigan, Georgia and federal court.
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Their work is faulted as factually wrong and politically motivated.
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Hezbollah, not included in the talks, has denounced them.
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These tensions flared to their worst level since the invasion this week, when Nawrocki denounced and stripped Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded to him in 2023, over the honoring of the UPA.
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Ismael Saibari knocked a right-footed shot from the center of the box, with an assist from Hakimi.
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Neighbors knocked on her door to help her leave with her mother.
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“Blamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blamed. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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