as in malice
the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm
her irrepressible malignancy was such that she even attacked her friends behind their backs
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Recent Examples of malignancy
The American Cancer Society identifies it as a factor in 40% of all cancer cases and 50% of cancer deaths, with clear links to malignancies of the uterus, esophagus, kidney, liver and gallbladder.
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Robert Pearl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Mustang Bio's pipeline focuses on CAR T therapies for hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, with ongoing collaborations with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and City of Hope.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Suspicion of malignancy: If imaging raises concerns about the potential for cancer, surgical removal is often recommended to ensure accurate diagnosis and treatment.
—Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
The analysis further showed a strong association between colon cancer risk and obesity, family history of gastrointestinal malignancy, and symptoms such as abdominal pain or rectal bleeding.
—Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Robert Pearl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Mustang Bio's pipeline focuses on CAR T therapies for hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, with ongoing collaborations with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and City of Hope.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Suspicion of malignancy: If imaging raises concerns about the potential for cancer, surgical removal is often recommended to ensure accurate diagnosis and treatment.
—Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
The analysis further showed a strong association between colon cancer risk and obesity, family history of gastrointestinal malignancy, and symptoms such as abdominal pain or rectal bleeding.
—Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malignancy
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After personally speaking with students, their remorse revealed that ignorance, rather than malice, was the culprit.—
Mark Treyger,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Following the heinous crime, there is an outpouring of malice for the victim, and of admiration for the perpetrator.—
Onkar Ghate,
Orange County Register,
22 Jan. 2025
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For the program, the zoo takes the collected and recorded spiders and milks them for their venom so the material can used to make anti-venom.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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Their stingers deliver as much venom as a snake or seven times that of a honeybee.—
Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Dec. 2024
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He’s been terrified, in love, hit in the head and, most often, in a state of bitter hatred.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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Many worry Musk’s words have given new momentum to far-right figures bent on using the historic abuse, which was primarily carried out by groups of men of mainly Pakistani heritage, to stir racial hatred.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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Ordinary Syrians like Hamed and Walaa are aghast as the scale of their criminal cruelty continues to be revealed.—
Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2025
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For decades, the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, also known as the Florida School for Boys, was a place of cruelty and neglect disguised as rehabilitation.—
Ray Watford,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Malignancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malignancy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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