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Recent Examples of malevolent Like the song says, friends can like different things from one another, but pretty much everyone loves Sesame Street — well, everyone except David Zaslav, the malevolent, showbiz-hating chairman of Warner Bros. Discovery. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024 The most vaunted had malevolent aims: the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC), a sprawling military R&D enterprise thought to employ as many as 20,000 people. Byrichard Stone, science.org, 23 Dec. 2024 The Dead Zone maintains key big-picture threads from the book and movie — the malevolent rising-star politician, the apocalyptic portent — while taking advantage of its format, succeeding as both a procedural and a long-term story. Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2024 Imagine that kind of malevolent connection operating in the Senate. Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for malevolent 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for malevolent
Adjective
  • Their malicious actions are putting the health of people, especially children, at grave risk, and will surely lead to future public health and migration crises in the U.S. – let alone suffering around the globe.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The sci-fi/horror flick follows a crew aboard a spaceship called Prometheus who, while seeking the answers to humanity’s origin, find a rogue moon that is home to a malicious, advanced alien species.
    Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The fans were on their feet and roaring after UCLA center Mara threw an outlet pass reminiscent of legendary predecessor Bill Walton to Eric Dailey Jr. for a vicious one-handed dunk.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Kevon Looney matched his regular season career-high with 18 points and Gary Payton II (15 points, nine rebounds) stamped the game with a vicious slam dunk with under a minute left.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Cutting off people from healthcare, childcare, and other services is cruel.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • But his cruel divisiveness is deflecting attention from the main event.
    Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • However the two teens entered this online subculture, their writings reveal despair about their personal lives and the world around them and expressed violent, hateful views.
    Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Meta also updated its hateful conduct policy to roll back protections for certain groups, including women and LGBTQ+ people.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Malevolent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malevolent. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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