as in malice
the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm
her irrepressible malignancy was such that she even attacked her friends behind their backs
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Recent Examples of malignancy
Metastatic pancreatic cancer patients who received a targeted pill from Revolution Medicines lived nearly twice as long as patients who received chemotherapy, a striking result in an especially deadly and intractable malignancy.
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Jason Mast,
STAT,
13 Apr. 2026
An effective treatment for pancreatic cancer would represent a major advance against one of the most lethal malignancies.
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IEEE Spectrum,
22 Dec. 2025
The researchers will now investigate its efficacy in breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, melanoma and other malignancies, and fine tune delivery and dosage methods.
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New Atlas,
16 Dec. 2025
Watch it for its skin-deep enticement, its powerful visual devices, but also its concealed malignancy.
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Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for malignancy
Jason Mast,
STAT,
13 Apr. 2026
An effective treatment for pancreatic cancer would represent a major advance against one of the most lethal malignancies.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Dec. 2025
The researchers will now investigate its efficacy in breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, melanoma and other malignancies, and fine tune delivery and dosage methods.
—
New Atlas,
16 Dec. 2025
Watch it for its skin-deep enticement, its powerful visual devices, but also its concealed malignancy.
—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for malignancy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for malignancy
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Although Ashley had alleged things like malice, ill-will and improper motives by Adam, that still fell short of proving that Adam knew that his statements were false.
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The documentary explores the dark web of fraud, deception and malice that led Parker to feign a pregnancy to try to bolster her relationship with boyfriend Wade Griffin — and when her fake due date passed, kill Hancock for her baby, Braxlynn Sage.
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One common misconception is that lionfish are inedible because of their venom.
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Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis have been reported in patients using bee venom therapy.
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Police investigations showed that the pair are suspected of displaying seditious items and selling publications with seditious content inside the shop, including materials inciting hatred against the city's government, the judiciary and law enforcement agencies, the government said.
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Not drinking seemed to me synonymous with a hatred of pleasure, a fascist quest for purity.
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These passages highlight the typically human cruelty and hypocrisy of fighting for one’s own liberty while denying it to one’s neighbors.
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Last week, Dixon also pleaded no contest to the three felony animal cruelty charges.
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“Malignancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malignancy. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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