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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vindictiveness
Noun
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It's been very difficult to see just how much of this hatred has been normalized.—
Leila Fadel,
NPR,
1 July 2025 -
Period drama enthusiasts will be interested to know that Wright set the movie in the late-18th century instead of the early-19th century in part because of his hatred of empire waist dresses.—
Lia Beck,
EW.com,
25 June 2025
Noun
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While VUMs require more testing to establish their true risks to public health, VOIs are explicitly confirmed to have genetic changes that affect virus characteristics like transmissibility and virulence.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
9 June 2025
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The results revealed that pla depletion decreases the virulence and increases the length of plague infections in mice.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
31 May 2025
Noun
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Although the attacker may not feel the same level of vitriol, a hostile reception at the London Stadium on September 13 would surely await him.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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However, when the Philadelphia Eagles legend took to social media to celebrate, he was met with plenty of vitriol.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
Noun
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The animated voyage, with its themes of alienation and aliens, arrives at a time when immigrants in this country, and Latinos at large, have become the target of brutal ICE raids that ignore due process and racially profile citizens and undocumented people alike.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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These were stories about fear as metaphor: adolescence, alienation, the fragile armor of identity.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
19 June 2025
Noun
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While support for Ukraine’s defense and fear and loathing of Russia span most of Poland’s political spectrum, a sluggish economy leaves many feeling Ukrainians should return home.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
21 June 2025
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Every feeling and its opposite are readily available to either partner, so that even a slight disruption of their equilibrium can result in wild swings toward loathing.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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“Vindictiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vindictiveness. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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