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Recent Examples of perversion Remember, 2,800 men participated in this inhumane perversion. Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025 Genter writes that which acts between women might constitute perversion was an open question. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 6 Apr. 2025 However, Ma Mère is expressly about perversion. Armond White, National Review, 14 Feb. 2025 Everyone knows what a perversion fragmenting the Taj Mahal would be. Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for perversion
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Noun
  • Despite being lightweight, the weeder is built with durability in mind and has a rust-resistant coating that protects it from corrosion and degradation over time.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 7 July 2025
  • The drive shafts were assembled with a lubricant that accelerates degradation of the drive shafts’protective coating, increasing the susceptibility to damage from road debris, according to the recall report.
    James Powel, USA Today, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Data governance will aid in preventing misuse of cybersecurity.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Because chatbots can be used in so many different ways (and because they are often trained on some of the sketchier parts of the internet), designing products that anticipate all possible forms of misuse can be difficult.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Ken Paxton, who has served in his current role since 2015, was impeached in 2023 but later acquitted and faced allegations of corruption and taking part in an extramarital affair.
    Julia Manchester, The Hill, 11 July 2025
  • The announcement comes nearly two years after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted on all 16 articles of impeachment related to allegations of corruption and abuse of office.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
    Cassandra Jaramillo, ProPublica, 12 July 2025
  • Many of these complications are meant to either limit the cost of tax breaks or to prevent anticipated abuses.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025

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“Perversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perversion. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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