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Recent Examples of vindictiveness
In less capable hands, her bitchiness, her vanity, her vindictiveness would have made her one-dimensional.
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Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Benching him on Thursday wouldn’t have been an act of vindictiveness, just as playing him wasn’t an act of mercy.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
The line between law enforcement and partisan vindictiveness can also become muddied.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
When circumstances create a realistic likelihood of vindictiveness, the burden shifts to the government to justify its conduct.
—Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Johnson says Comey may be able to argue that he is being prosecuted out of vindictiveness, given the president's remarks.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025
So there’s a feeling of vindictiveness and petulance that’s in there, but there’s also a practicality to it, too.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Benching him on Thursday wouldn’t have been an act of vindictiveness, just as playing him wasn’t an act of mercy.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
The line between law enforcement and partisan vindictiveness can also become muddied.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
When circumstances create a realistic likelihood of vindictiveness, the burden shifts to the government to justify its conduct.
—Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Johnson says Comey may be able to argue that he is being prosecuted out of vindictiveness, given the president's remarks.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025
So there’s a feeling of vindictiveness and petulance that’s in there, but there’s also a practicality to it, too.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vindictiveness
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Police investigations showed that the pair are suspected of displaying seditious items and selling publications with seditious content inside the shop, including materials inciting hatred against the city's government, the judiciary and law enforcement agencies, the government said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 June 2026
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Not drinking seemed to me synonymous with a hatred of pleasure, a fascist quest for purity.—
Sarah Miller,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
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Google also mentioned that the system could do more general hypothesizing that doesn’t involve drugs, using an example of the spread of virulence genes in bacteria.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2026
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To predict how an outbreak will progress, epidemiologists often use stock-and-flow diagrams: illustrations featuring stocks of people (susceptible, infected, recovered, dead) and arrows showing flows between them based on factors such as exposure or virulence.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
4 Mar. 2026
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The weekend contains more than its fair share of chaos, tears, and vitriol, but every character departs after the nuptials feeling confident that the whole affair was, somehow, worth attending.—
Bobby Finger
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Kellan White, who worked on the campaign in Pennsylvania, said the vitriol directed at Biden seemed misguided.—
Julia Terruso,
Time,
11 June 2026
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Turning Cinderella’s tale upside down and focusing on Lilith and her feeling of alienation was always what drove the teams, first at Paper Kite Productions (who brought the script to Netflix), then for Alyce Tzue, John Ripa and their teams.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
23 June 2026
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More than just showing off his skill, Eliot wanted to create a fractured narrative that mirrors the alienation of modern society.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
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Rodrigo’s fans are young—some very young—and her music is perky, composed, and telegenic in a way that can distract from how much darkness and loathing lurk within it.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Factually, Victor Wembanyama could have sent New York Knicks fans into fits of loathing.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Here, as ever, Kokopeli suggests that clinging to youthful talismans offers no protection against uncertainty, and reasserts the odd mix of disaffection and morbid glee produced by such reactionary impulses.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Showing the disaffection for politics and partisanship in this modern era, each of the last five midterm elections have seen presidents with ratings below 50%.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
9 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Vindictiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vindictiveness. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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