as in vindictiveness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vengefulness
Noun
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Developing skepticism means questioning information sources and intentions without assuming malice.—
Omaid Homayun,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025 -
The page, which remained available at the time this post went live on Ars, has no reports of malice on Virus Total.—
Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the initial months of Donald Trump’s second Administration, the qualities of malevolence, retribution, and bewildering velocity have obscured somewhat the ineptitude of its principals.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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At others, there are undertones of malevolence, potential violence.—
Deborah Treisman,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Love, hate, longing, jealousy, deception, passion, confusion, humor, loyalty and pain make for great drama.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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The depictions of jealousy, vanity, and desire to main power provide a great opportunity to have real conversations with kids about these topics.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The ecosystem remains unstable in spite of investments and the introduction of new tools.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Much has been made of Maldonado making the team for his defense and in spite of his offense.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In Canada, modest supply management policies keep farmgate and farmer pay prices higher, while disincentivizing the buildout of fast-paced, crowded and large scale production facilities at the heart of avian flu virulence.—
Errol Schweizer,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Everything about the movement surprised political observers: its virulence, its magnitude, its provincial origins, its apparent lack of structure and leadership, and its adamant refusal to be co-opted by existing political parties and unions.—
Arthur Goldhammer,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2018
Noun
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Without enough time to truly know each other’s habits, values and communication styles, small annoyances can snowball into deeper resentment.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, in their first Netflix series, Meghan expressed her resentment over that being the big takeaway from the Oprah interview instead of her mental health revelations.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The services boom that has driven the U.S. economy to be the envy of the world’s markets, led by software, social media and cloud computing, will also be targeted.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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Once again, the Yankees’ big bats were the envy of everyone.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Chung also used a powerful MRI scanner to produce images of the octopuses’ brains and internal organs, discovering that the males had larger venom glands than females despite their smaller size.—
Jack Guy,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025
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Once the venom wore off, the females merely forced the males away, with all six females surviving to lay their eggs.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
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