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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
  • In a video missive put out earlier Tuesday, Sharpe attacked Buzbee’s credibility directly and promised to file a defamation lawsuit against the admittedly aggressive attorney and the OnlyFans posting Jane Doe.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Hov not only sued her for defamation, but also her attorney Tony Buzbee.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Lipstadt became famous—and was later portrayed onscreen by Rachel Weisz—for winning a judgment in a British court against the Holocaust denier David Irving, who had sued her for libel.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2025
  • In February 2022, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff rejected Palin's claims in a ruling issued while a jury deliberated, saying Palin had failed to show that the Times had acted out of malice, something required in libel lawsuits involving public figures.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The categories are painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, photography, digital art and video/animation.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • 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
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 4 May. 2025.

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