as in libel
the making of false statements that damage another's reputation
instead of resorting to slander, the candidates should be outlining their plans for getting us out of this mess
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as in to libel
to make untrue and harmful statements about
for some reason, that newspaper seems determined to slander one particular celebrity
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Recent Examples of slander
Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Seminole County commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved a settlement to have the Supervisor of Elections Office pay its former general counsel $150,000 to drop it from a slander lawsuit.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
And all the men Campos Mello accused of slandering her were found guilty.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The suit, filed this week in Dallas County District court, accuses Gateway Church founder Robert Morris and others of libel, malice, defamation, slander, failure to report, civil conspiracy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and unjust enrichment.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Seminole County commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved a settlement to have the Supervisor of Elections Office pay its former general counsel $150,000 to drop it from a slander lawsuit.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
Verb
Unnamed Pentagon officials have slandered our character with baseless attacks on our way out the door.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
And all the men Campos Mello accused of slandering her were found guilty.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slander
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The lawsuit also accused Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and publicist Leslie Sloane of civil extortion, but was tossed in early June, along with Baldoni’s $250 million libel lawsuit against The New York Times, for its coverage of Lively’s claims.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
31 July 2025
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But tensions escalated when Exeter later shared a private message from Jessica, who allegedly alluded to taking legal action for libel.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
30 July 2025
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The response of the Zelensky Administration to smear anti-corruption probes as Russian propaganda is misguided and self-defeating, as many within Ukraine point out.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
24 July 2025
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My hands smeared in gore, eyes alight with frenzied ecstasy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2025
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Trump asked a judge to order News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch to testify immediately in his defamation lawsuit over the Wall Street Journal’s reporting on Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, with the president citing the 94-year-old media mogul’s age to justify the request.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Trump has filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and claims the letter does not exist.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
28 July 2025
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“Slander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slander. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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