as in beatings
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an injured or diseased spot or area on or in the body
skin lesions a brain lesion
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Recent Examples of lesions
Former first lady Jill Biden had two cancerous lesions removed from her eye and chest in January 2023.
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Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Common symptoms of Vibrio infection include diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, dangerously low blood pressure and blistering lesions.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Cervical cancer screenings allow physicians to spot and remove cancerous or even precancerous lesions (clusters of odd-looking cells that could one day become cancer).
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 Sep. 2025
Mugun works in an mpox isolation ward run by Doctors Without Borders, where patients stay as their painful lesions heal.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
But, ultra-concentrated bleaches, often used by professional cleaners and on farms, can leave severe lesions on the skin, down the esophagus and into the stomach.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Continue reading … BREAKING STIGMA – Bindi Irwin 'utterly ashamed' before doctors removed 51 lesions in major procedure.
—FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
This condition comes from a leporipoxvirus that spreads when healthy squirrels come into contact with lesions or saliva from infected ones.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
Treatment requires a mix of manually removing the maggots, healing the lesions on the cows and using anti-parasite medicine.
—Fernando Llano, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Common symptoms of Vibrio infection include diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, dangerously low blood pressure and blistering lesions.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Cervical cancer screenings allow physicians to spot and remove cancerous or even precancerous lesions (clusters of odd-looking cells that could one day become cancer).
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 Sep. 2025
Mugun works in an mpox isolation ward run by Doctors Without Borders, where patients stay as their painful lesions heal.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
But, ultra-concentrated bleaches, often used by professional cleaners and on farms, can leave severe lesions on the skin, down the esophagus and into the stomach.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Continue reading … BREAKING STIGMA – Bindi Irwin 'utterly ashamed' before doctors removed 51 lesions in major procedure.
—FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
This condition comes from a leporipoxvirus that spreads when healthy squirrels come into contact with lesions or saliva from infected ones.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
Treatment requires a mix of manually removing the maggots, healing the lesions on the cows and using anti-parasite medicine.
—Fernando Llano, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lesions
Noun
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Detainees have alleged torture and beatings inside CECOT since their release.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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The beatings became so routine that the Venezuelans scored them on a scale of one to five—the higher the number, the worse the treatment.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their starting quarterback Brock Purdy suffered a left shoulder and toe injuries during the 49ers 17-13 Week 1 win over the Seattle Seahawks.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Kirk, a father of two, was rushed to the hospital following the shooting, but later died of his injuries.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Lesions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lesions. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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