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Recent Examples of malignance This is a movement that many progressives view as promising to reinvigorate hearts and minds, but that others warn may deliver different doses of theological malignance. Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022 Where purity culture twists normal desires into malignance? Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021 By definition Mishler’s content attracts people seeking refuge, but the exceptional malignance of 2020 has colored both her videos and the attitude of her fan base. New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020 Consequently, the growth disruption itself has exacerbated the cultural and economic malignance that helped create the underperforming trend in the first place. David L. Bahnsen, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for malignance
Noun
  • These materials can help Ellis prove that Alvarado acted with actual malice.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to stealing students’ data, the worm had also altered some records, perhaps for no better reason than simple malice.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Spiders have venom to subdue prey, but the majority have fangs that are too tiny to puncture human skin.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Luckily the snake did not inject any venom.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Also on Sunday, Jacqueline’s aunt, Jackelyn Garcia, 28, was arrested and charged with intentional cruelty to a child under the age of 19, risk of injury to a child and first-degree unlawful restraint.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Other scary asylum stories highlighted a fear of institutional cruelty — of authority figures with total power over vulnerable patients.
    Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The former screen siren was fined nearly $25,000 in 2008 after being convicted of provoking discrimination and racial hatred for writing that Muslims are destroying her country.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Looking at me with pure hatred.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There was a vibration and luminosity somewhere out there to Matisse; to Picasso there was a latent malignancy.
    Christopher C. Gorham September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Doctors prescribe Keytruda for a wide variety of cancers, including malignancies in the lungs, skin, colon, gastrointestinal tract, and reproductive organs.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Malignance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malignance. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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