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or libellous
as in erroneous
causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name
libelous statements about a celebrity for which the tabloid was sued
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Recent Examples of libelous
And finally, modern far-right terrorists still frequently invoke the same libelous assertion that white women must be protected from licentious Black men.
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TIME, 14 May 2024
The lawsuit alleges the principal and the district violated the California Education Code, which provides strong protections for student journalism and free speech with few exceptions, such as content that is obscene, libelous or slanderous.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
If there were whispers that something more perverse or calamitous might have transpired, they were branded libelous, sensationalist, or otherwise untrue.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
Picasso supporters attacked the book, calling it libelous and vindictive.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
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TIME, 14 May 2024
The lawsuit alleges the principal and the district violated the California Education Code, which provides strong protections for student journalism and free speech with few exceptions, such as content that is obscene, libelous or slanderous.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
If there were whispers that something more perverse or calamitous might have transpired, they were branded libelous, sensationalist, or otherwise untrue.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
Picasso supporters attacked the book, calling it libelous and vindictive.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for libelous
Adjective
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The article also attributed an erroneous distinction to Canal House Station.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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His erroneous pinch against Montreal on Saturday gave Phillip Danault a breakaway.—
Murat Ates,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Hassan quizzed him on different aspects of Medicare and his answers were incorrect.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
30 Jan. 2025
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But Patel's information was incorrect: the Nigerians had not given their approval.—
Daniel Klaidman,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The intent is to foreground and amplify the story’s scandalous underpinnings, which, in all fairness, were loosely veiled to begin with.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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Alice Scott, an optimistic writer chasing her big break, and Hayden Anderson, a Pulitzer-winning curmudgeon, find themselves on Little Crescent Island competing to write the biography of Margaret Ives, a reclusive heiress with a scandalous past.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But Patel didn’t contradict Trump on his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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In early January, Abreu pleaded guilty in Fort Lauderdale federal court to making false statements on three applications to obtain a U.S. passport for himself and his two daughters on Oct. 2, 2021, according to his plea to an indictment.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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River ice may also cause gauge observations to be inaccurate.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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While conservatives are more likely to spread information that fact-checkers deem inaccurate, there's no available data to substantiate the allegation that conservatives are unfairly targeted by fact-checkers.—
Lisa Hagen,
NPR,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Libelous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libelous. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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