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Recent Examples of malady Fortunately for the Red Sox, their eternal rivals were afflicted with a similar malady. Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025 That shift is part of what makes wearable fitness monitors so appealing—– there’s a feeling that these are lifestyle maladies, which could be within our control. Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025 The key to controlling this malady is to make sure your foliage is exposed to plenty of light and there is good air circulation around your plant so leaves are kept dry. Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025 The project’s team tested the AI diagnostics against a basket of common maladies using a panel of three doctors, including one who is also an astronaut. PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for malady
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Noun
  • This isn’t the first study to suggest the importance of breakfast for living a long life—research has shown that regularly eating a morning meal is linked with lower overall and heart-related mortality (and that bypassing it can up your heart-disease risk).
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Yet America’s system is transactional, rewarding affluence while neglecting the very conditions that produce disease.
    Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But Kelce injured his knee during that preseason, an ailment initially diagnosed as a bone bruise.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Nick Herbig is also questionable due to a hamstring ailment.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His illness has limited him to light catch play over the past few days, and the shift in plans meant some slight alterations to his routine, which Ireton ran through with club security.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Some are clearly seismic, like bereavement, illness or war.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One dares to hope that Hollywood, for all its current ills, may finally be turning a corner, reverting back to when new ideas were held at a premium.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In their assessments, desegregation and the passage of time have cured all of America’s racial ills.
    Time, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Infected people can experience common symptoms including fever, fatigue, body aches, headache, loss of appetite, diarrhea and vomiting.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • For example, if a pregnant woman takes Tylenol for a fever, the fever itself or the infection causing the fever could be the factor affecting autism risk.
    Adaira Landry, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Malady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malady. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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