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Recent Examples of breach
Noun
Listen to this article The personal information of more than 9,300 people may have been exposed in a recent data breach at health insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, according to the company. Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025 The Vatican has deployed an unprecedented array of counter-surveillance measures to prevent leaks and digital breaches. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
Without that, Villa would have breached PSR last season. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025 The Kremlin in turn accused Ukraine of breaching the ceasefire. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for breach
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breach
Noun
  • The firm sued, calling the order a violation of the Constitution's First Amendment protections against government abridgment of speech and Fifth Amendment guarantee of due process - a requirement for the government to use a fair legal process.
    Mike Scarcella and David Thomas, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • Under South Korean law, anyone who receives a fine exceeding 1 million won ($683) for election law violations is barred from seeking office for five years.
    Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Next-Gen Anti-Ransomware Protection—Preemptive And Resilient Security Despite AV and EDR advancements, modern ransomware tactics—including encryption bypass and stealthy execution—continue to exploit gaps in endpoint defenses.
    Bob Kruse, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Assuming that the two indices continued to diverge by the current rate, the gap would only grow.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Immigrant rights advocates argued the administration violated a court order by flying four Venezuelans from Guantanamo to El Salvador.
    Nate Raymond, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • Under these laws, city officials who violate them do not face consequences.
    Jennifer J. Lee, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In another camp are the New York Times and other newspapers, which have sued OpenAI as well as Microsoft, alleging the tech companies engaged in copyright infringement by using the publishers’ content to train their AI systems.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Specific changes have been made to the Bahrain International Circuit for this year’s grand prix to help spot potential track-limits infringements, with a blue line at several turns adding visual aid to judge such circumstances.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • To conceal his crimes, Hemphill, who is also a lawyer, threatened to have the women arrested or killed by falsely claiming to have vast resources and connections to police and organized crime, prosecutors said.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The survivor advocacy group wants abusive clergy — and church leaders who’ve covered up their crimes — to be ejected from the ministry.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For nearly three years the school shunned NIL and refused to adjust the admissions process for potential transfers, digging itself a sizable hole.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Patching a drywall hole is a quick, affordable DIY task that anyone can do.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • But Sentry breaks free from her control and then, fueled by Bob's repressed emotions, transforms into a shadowy figure called The Void, putting New York City and our heroes in dire straits.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 May 2025
  • The world’s best reeled off 17 points in a row against Gauff to lead 4-1 in the first set, but the second proved a classic battle of willpower with the American going 5-3 up before her opponent finally broke at the fifth time of asking.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • She’s just heard her lover’s sins — the new and plunging depths of betrayal.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Jesus told the woman to leave her life of sin and walk in a new life of holiness.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Breach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breach. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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