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Recent Examples of malignant These, along with melanoma, make up the three malignant skin cancers. New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025 Model Alyssa Scott shared son Zen, who died from a malignant brain tumor at 5 months old in 2021 with Cannon; the two also share daughter Halo Marie, born in late 2022. Dennis Romero, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025 If both sides have a problem, then one side has a much bigger and malignant problem and that is the truth. Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025 If both sides have a problem, one side has a much bigger and malignant problem, and that is the truth. Amanda Castro hannah Parry shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for malignant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for malignant
Adjective
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Lorena, now 55, was charged with malicious wounding, a felony offense, but was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity following a two-week trial in early 1994.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The worry with a dog like Chey is the fact they could be locked in a vicious cycle.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The show follows Ed Gein (Charlie Hunnam), an unassuming and odd man, working his family’s farm under the watchful eye of his hateful and vicious mother, Augusta (Laurie Metcalf).
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s actually the cruelest thing about them.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The cold on August 27, 2011, was unprecedented—unbridled, utterly cruel.
    Mariana Enriquez October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The show follows Ed Gein (Charlie Hunnam), an unassuming and odd man, working his family’s farm under the watchful eye of his hateful and vicious mother, Augusta (Laurie Metcalf).
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The student saw the hateful image and captured a photo from above.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And what about all that nasty mother stuff?
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The wedding ballads can wait; this nasty jam should still get the dancefloor packed in the meantime.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Malignant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malignant. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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