as in criticism
an unfair criticism or false accusation meant to damage another's reputation
Let's keep the debate focused on the issues and try to avoid casting aspersions on one another. I don't mean to cast aspersions on his integrity, but I'm not sure I'd trust him with the money.
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Recent Examples of aspersion
Each apologized profusely, but qualified it with vicious aspersions on the other.
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John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
Klimek: There's some aspersions about men with facial hair there.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2023
Not to cast any aspersions at any other demographic, but there’s been a very severe misrepresentation on stages, not just gender-wise, but color-, every-identity-wise.
—Stephanie Clifford, ELLE, 8 Mar. 2023
The quotations because the term is more one of aspersion than a real pointer to a specific and discrete movement at this point.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2011
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John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
Klimek: There's some aspersions about men with facial hair there.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2023
Not to cast any aspersions at any other demographic, but there’s been a very severe misrepresentation on stages, not just gender-wise, but color-, every-identity-wise.
—Stephanie Clifford, ELLE, 8 Mar. 2023
The quotations because the term is more one of aspersion than a real pointer to a specific and discrete movement at this point.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aspersion
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Meta is removing employee criticism over its hiring of UFC CEO Dana White from an internal company messaging system.Makena Kelly, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
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Comments Holker made to PEOPLE in a Jan. 7 interview triggered the wave of criticism.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Tipsy Pickle, which will feature four indoor and two outdoor pickleball courts, along with golf simulators, ping pong, pool tables, shuffleboard, cornhole and darts, is expected to open in January, according to its Instagram page.CharlotteFive staff, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2025
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Sports are on the TV menu here, alongside in-person activities like vintage pinball and darts, and the beer on tap is an international selection, ranging from Guinness to Asahi.Dana Givens, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024
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Other Republicans in attendance included Mr. Bush and Mike Pence, who was Mr. Trump’s vice president during his first term and was the target of rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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After much debate, the city finally decided to keep the reservoir open and use it for emergencies such as earthquakes, droughts and terror attacks, The Times reported in 2002.Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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The Federal Trade Commission is suing Pepsi for its special deals with a company whose name is redacted.Alina Selyukh, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
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The firm highlighted a few names that fit the bill.Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
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That brings us to the other calumnies Vance and Trump have directed at the Haitians in Springfield.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
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Sifton and Stern conclude their book with a look at how even after the Nazis’ defeat, the Bonhoeffer and Dohnanyi families faced public and official calumny for being relatives of traitors.Peter Hoffmann, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2014
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But as part of the censure, the board barred Morris from taking part in deliberations and votes regarding the Hagekhalil investigation.Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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Still, her presence does give Sorkin the opportunity to leap back and forth between the writing of the address and the aftermath, exploring the president’s struggle to regain his composure after a congressional censure in the process.Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2024
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Dan Scavino will return to his role as deputy chief of staff, after serving as a longtime Trump communications staffer (he was held in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify in the House Jan. 6 committee investigation, but the Justice Department declined to prosecute him).Sara Dorn, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Rudy Giuliani is set to appear in a Washington, D.C., federal courtroom Friday as a federal judge considers a request from two Georgia election workers to hold the former New York City mayor in contempt for allegedly continuing to defame them in violation of a court order.Robert Legare, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Aspersion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aspersion. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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