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Recent Examples of malignancy Epstein Barr virus, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus and Human Papilloma Virus are all associated with actually causing malignancy in humans. Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025 However, for anyone who has observed Trump’s public life, his malignancy and malevolence have always been obvious. Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025 Nearly 2 million Americans are diagnosed with malignancies every year. Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 8 July 2025 Most striking was the test’s ability to detect malignancies long considered unscreenable—pancreatic, ovarian, and others that had eluded surveillance. Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for malignancy
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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
  • 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
  • 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

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

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