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
Individuals at highest risk include those with chronic liver disease (such as hepatitis B or C), diabetes, immune suppression, alcohol use disorder, malignancy, renal disease, or iron overload conditions like hemochromatosis.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Grail’s test identified malignancy in 1,453 of the cancer cases, missing it in 1,370.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
That an 82-year-old man who had aged out of prostate-cancer-screening tests has been found to have an advanced malignancy should not be surprising.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
Those who have genetic or hereditary prostate cancer may have malignancies appear earlier or grow at a faster rate.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 19 May 2025
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Grail’s test identified malignancy in 1,453 of the cancer cases, missing it in 1,370.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
That an 82-year-old man who had aged out of prostate-cancer-screening tests has been found to have an advanced malignancy should not be surprising.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
Those who have genetic or hereditary prostate cancer may have malignancies appear earlier or grow at a faster rate.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malignancy
Noun
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More than avoiding malice, we are called to take responsibility for the impact of our words.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Understand that controlling behaviors may stem from fear and insecurity rather than malice.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Victims of a snake bite are advised not to try to remove the venom themselves or to tie off the bite area.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Wolf spider bites are not poisonous and won't cause sores or body-wide symptoms from its venom.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Foreign perpetrators have been linked to previous acts intended to incite hatred.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The left is always, at all times and places, a violent phenomenon full of hatred.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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But her private letters to her sister Cassandra show a sharper and more astringent person, someone whose cruelty and bitterness were redeemed only by her jokes.—
Lucy Worsley
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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Justice came for Petal when her previous owner was arrested and charged with cruelty to animals on September 12, a press release from CGHS stated.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Malignancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malignancy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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