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as in marred
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable
a single indiscretion blemished the rabbi's reputation for years
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to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
a scratch blemished the finish on the car
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Recent Examples of blemished
Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Throop returned to his hometown in 1990 to take stock of its blemished environment.
—Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
More to the point, where does Ohio State belong when ranking an increasing list of blemished records?
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2021
Ensuring that doesn't happen will require finding better ways to clean up blemished images — and that takes time and money.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 2 July 2020
But perhaps the bigger question is how someone with such a blemished resume got the job in the first place.
—Ramona Giwargis, The Mercury News, 5 May 2017
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Until the world contains only liberal democracies, Washington can hardly avoid seeking blemished friends.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Throop returned to his hometown in 1990 to take stock of its blemished environment.
—Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
More to the point, where does Ohio State belong when ranking an increasing list of blemished records?
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2021
Ensuring that doesn't happen will require finding better ways to clean up blemished images — and that takes time and money.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 2 July 2020
But perhaps the bigger question is how someone with such a blemished resume got the job in the first place.
—Ramona Giwargis, The Mercury News, 5 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blemished
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In a Middle East marred by seemingly endless conflict and disparate ideologies, there exists an undercurrent of hope—a movement toward connection, collaboration, and shared prosperity.Hessie Jones, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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This marks a disappointing end to a season that has been marred by injuries, including Trent Williams' ankle injury, which has kept him out for the past four games.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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All these and more can be seen below in a map of the 57 shots the 23-year-old former Arsenal academy youngster faced in the league before that untimely broken wrist against Mansfield Town on November 9.Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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An autopsy revealed the father had been stabbed approximately 50 times and had sustained multiple injuries, including broken bones, strangulation marks, and blunt force trauma to the head, face, and back.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Amazon objected to the 2022 warehouse election results, alleging the Amazon Labor Union and the federal labor board had tainted the vote.CBS News, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Some see all Russians and their cultural heritage as irredeemably tainted by imperial thinking, a view heavily influenced by post-colonial studies in American academia.Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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The Indianapolis Fire Department confirmed that no one was injured in the fire.Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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The plan was implemented after several high-profile incidents occurred on the city's subway system, including a deadly shooting that broke out on an elevated train platform and a train conductor who was injured in a slashing attack.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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Cybersecurity can potentially be compromised by the same computational capacity that enables the solution of complex issues.Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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If your personal information has already been compromised, freezing your credit can be a vital step to stop thieves from exploiting your identity further.Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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She was charged with driving while intoxicated as a first offense and driving while impaired.John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
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State police said the trooper found that the vehicle’s registration was expired and that the driver showed signs of being impaired.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2024
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Poisoned Data, Poisoned Outcomes One of the biggest dangers in the AI supply chain is poisoned training data.Steve Wilson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Haunting pictures of rows of small bodies covered in white sheets—some of the 400 children who were poisoned in the attack—became emblematic of the Assad regime’s cruelty.Gregory D. Koblentz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Blemished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blemished. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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