as in libel
the making of false statements that damage another's reputation
accused the newspaper columnist of defamation of character
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Recent Examples of defamation
Pirro was also named in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox News, which was settled for $787.5 million.
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Following Trump's loss in the 2020 election, Pirro pushed false allegations of election fraud involving voting machines and was later among the Fox News employees named in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false claims about the company.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 8 May 2025
In part, the answer is unresolved because Reynolds is trying to be dismissed from Baldoni’s $400 million defamation and extortion action against him, Lively, their publicist Leslie Sloane and her company and the New York Times.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Smartmatic and Fox News are each asking a New York judge to rule in their favor in the election systems company’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against the network.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 May 2025
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Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Following Trump's loss in the 2020 election, Pirro pushed false allegations of election fraud involving voting machines and was later among the Fox News employees named in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false claims about the company.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 8 May 2025
In part, the answer is unresolved because Reynolds is trying to be dismissed from Baldoni’s $400 million defamation and extortion action against him, Lively, their publicist Leslie Sloane and her company and the New York Times.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Smartmatic and Fox News are each asking a New York judge to rule in their favor in the election systems company’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against the network.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defamation
libel
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Baldoni then filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against The New York Times for its bombshell exposé into Lively’s claims.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2025
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Early criticism of the Wayfarer-Lively case compared the proceedings to the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard libel suit in 2022.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Defamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defamation. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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