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smearing

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verb

present participle of smear

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smearing
Noun
  • After the 2020 election, Fox took her off the air because her promotion of the false contention Dominion voting machines rigged the election against Trump became part of its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox. Pirro and Martin are not the only dubious department appointees.
    Carl Leubsdorf, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
  • Baldoni, 41, denied the claims, filing a $400 million countersuit of his own, accusing Lively and others of defamation and extortion.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Baldoni then filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against The New York Times for its bombshell exposé into Lively’s claims.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
  • Early criticism of the Wayfarer-Lively case compared the proceedings to the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard libel suit in 2022.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In the painting Untitled (Gram Yatra), Husain emphasizes the centrality of village and rural life in India as the basis for going forward as a new nation.
    Karen K. Ho for ARTnews, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The categories are painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, photography, digital art and video/animation.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Poor data quality can provide wrong models and alerts, discrediting predictive monitoring.
    Hrushikesh Deshmukh, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Johnson released new guidelines for reporting gifts Wednesday after discrediting the investigation.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Smearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smearing. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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