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Recent Examples of wrongdoing The company denied any wrongdoing, blaming independent physicians who worked at its hospitals. Kff Health News, Oc Register, 17 July 2025 Trump has denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, although they were known to have interacted in social and professional circles in the early 2000s. Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025 The suit says that even though there was no evidence of wrongdoing, the school still took action against Wu following the NIH investigation. Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 12 July 2025 And while questions about the emergency response and weather preparedness loom over the recovery efforts, nobody has been accused of any wrongdoing that contributed to the disaster. Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for wrongdoing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongdoing
Noun
  • Ramirez-Verduzco's case illuminates the risk some crime victims face when interacting with local law enforcement due to current federal immigration enforcement practices.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
  • Book runs a family bookstore but also happens to possess a brilliant mind that helps the police solve crimes.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Was anyone arrested in the Mesa park ranger misconduct case?
    Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
  • The series in question was filmed last year, before the misconduct allegations against Wallace and Torode came to light.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • The flimsy pretense for the raid was that some NABU officers had been involved in traffic accidents and violations.
    Steve Cortes, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
  • When an agent malfunctions in a production environment, the potential consequences include operational disruptions, security breaches, compliance violations and reputational damage.
    Olga Megorskaya, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Plated with vegan sour cream or traditional Icelandic skyr and a pile of pickled veggies, their rotating flavors include options like daal, chile sin carne and smoked tofu (3,200 ISK for 10).
    New York Times, New York Times, 24 July 2025
  • Promoting something that God defines as sin is in itself sin.
    EW.com, EW.com, 18 July 2025

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“Wrongdoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongdoing. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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