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as in marred
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
the explosion in the sewers damaged the entire city's water supply
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as in wounded
to cause bodily damage to
his knee was badly damaged in the accident, and he walked with a limp for months
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for damaged
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Lincoln Hospital was where Shirley Vasquez and all the other parents, like her, took their children when they were injured or ill.—
Cary Goodman,
New York Daily News,
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People who don’t understand, like, people get injured.—
Law Murray,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Better than biogas Despite the shortcomings of California’s decision to value manure biogas so highly, there was some logic — however flawed — to the decision.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
13 Jan. 2025
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But an analysis by the Associated Press late last year found the study had relied on old and flawed data to make its conclusions.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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But others argue these budget controls are ensuring Connecticut won’t return to the 2010s, a decade marred by frequent annual deficits and some of the largest tax hikes in state history.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2025
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The couple welcomed two children, True, 6, and Tatum, 2, but their romance was marred by Thompson's multiple cheating scandals.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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The first-term mayor said $17.8 million in LAFD reductions hasn't hurt efforts to knock down the still out-of-control Palisades Fire.—
Janhvi Bhojwani,
NBC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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On a monthly basis, PPI dipped by 0.1% compared to a 0.1% increase in November, as infrastructure and real estate projects were temporarily suspended during the off-season, the National Bureau of Statistics said, hurting demand for steel.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Data protection laws, which exist in the European Union and, somewhat ironically, China, are an imperfect but necessary starting point.—
Johanna Costigan,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Because private schools can draw students from different districts, comparing their racial composition to a single district’s public schools is imperfect.—
Sergio Hernandez,
ProPublica,
16 Jan. 2025
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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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In a few cases, Social Security numbers were also compromised.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
23 Dec. 2024
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His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Minshew was terrible in 10 appearances and got benched multiple times before suffering a broken collarbone.—
Vic Tafur,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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McGregor was set to fight UFC lightweight Michael Chandler in 2024 but was forced out of completion due to a broken toe.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Damaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damaged. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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