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
Individuals at highest risk include those with chronic liver disease (such as hepatitis B or C), diabetes, immune suppression, alcohol use disorder, malignancy, renal disease, or iron overload conditions like hemochromatosis.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Grail’s test identified malignancy in 1,453 of the cancer cases, missing it in 1,370.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
That an 82-year-old man who had aged out of prostate-cancer-screening tests has been found to have an advanced malignancy should not be surprising.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
Those who have genetic or hereditary prostate cancer may have malignancies appear earlier or grow at a faster rate.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 19 May 2025
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Grail’s test identified malignancy in 1,453 of the cancer cases, missing it in 1,370.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
That an 82-year-old man who had aged out of prostate-cancer-screening tests has been found to have an advanced malignancy should not be surprising.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
Those who have genetic or hereditary prostate cancer may have malignancies appear earlier or grow at a faster rate.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malignancy
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Jake Haro, 32, and his wife, Rebecca Haro, 41, were each charged with felony murder with malice on Tuesday in the death of their son Emmanuel, according to the Riverside County District Attorney’s office.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The two have been charged with felony murder with malice.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Medevdev has always vocalized his venom inside.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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This incident, occurring in Sivasagar, highlights the danger of handling dead snakes, as their venom apparatus can still function.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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Though authorities noted the suspect expressed widespread hatred and wanted to target defenseless children in particular.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
28 Aug. 2025
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And then there was the question of Demi Engemann could get over her hatred of the show’s central figure, Taylor Frankie Paul, in order to stay in #MomTok.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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Such rhetoric has fostered a climate where cruelty is normalized.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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His anguished mother insisted on an open-casket ceremony to show the world the gruesome cruelty of lynching.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Malignancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malignancy. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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