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Recent Examples of aggrievement
Her work — which includes leading the 2,500-member National Republican Lawyers Association — has endeared her to the nation’s most powerful Republican, former President Donald Trump, someone who lives in a near-perpetual state of aggrievement.
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Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2023
If aggrievement offers a general motive for mass murder, a shooter’s choice of location may offer more specific clues as to the circumstances that set him off, experts say.
—Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
The Russian nationalist leader was a senior lawmaker whose sulphurous rhetoric and antics alarmed the West but appealed to Russians’ aggrievement and wounded pride.
—Bernard McGhee, al, 31 Dec. 2022
Predictably, the few recent mandates have elicited a good deal of aggrievement and derision from the anti-masking set.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2022
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Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2023
If aggrievement offers a general motive for mass murder, a shooter’s choice of location may offer more specific clues as to the circumstances that set him off, experts say.
—Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
The Russian nationalist leader was a senior lawmaker whose sulphurous rhetoric and antics alarmed the West but appealed to Russians’ aggrievement and wounded pride.
—Bernard McGhee, al, 31 Dec. 2022
Predictably, the few recent mandates have elicited a good deal of aggrievement and derision from the anti-masking set.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrievement
Noun
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In the short term, the position of a satellite's orbit will remain unchanged on this reference map without any perturbation.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
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Massively parallel genetic perturbation suggests the energetic structure of an amyloid-β transition state.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Tokayev will also have to contend with public disquiet about having turned to Russia for aid.—
Nargis Kassenova,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Jan. 2022
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This should not be a source of huge disquiet; not too long ago, Newcastle won a proper cup final rather than an echo of it.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Noun
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None of that is his fault, but frustration built up in the fanbase and developed into resentment from a section.—
Harry De Cosemo,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Still, longtime fans had resigned themselves to watching grainy clips on YouTube, concluding that the resentment between the Gallaghers ran too deep to ever prompt a reunion.—
Paula Mejía,
Vulture,
5 July 2025
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Despite his dejection, Adam Fox had reason for hope.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Ferran is just as compelling when such vibrancy and vitality gives way to dejection and disharmony as her aspiring writing career grinds to a halt and her health starts to deteriorate.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
2 May 2025
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“Aggrievement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrievement. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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