calumniation

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calumniation
Noun
  • Baldoni has denied the allegations against him and filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, accusing them of civil extortion and defamation.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Weeks later, Baldoni filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds and publicist Leslie Sloane, accusing the trio of civil extortion and defamation.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Freedman has suggested that Gottlieb was responsible, at least in part, for the bombshell New York Times article regarding Lively’s accusations against Baldoni, who is currently suing the publication for libel and false light invasion of privacy.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Baldoni is suing Lively, Reynolds, and their PR rep for defamation and extortion, as well as the NYT for libel.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • That brings us to the other calumnies Vance and Trump have directed at the Haitians in Springfield.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Sifton and Stern conclude their book with a look at how even after the Nazis’ defeat, the Bonhoeffer and Dohnanyi families faced public and official calumny for being relatives of traitors.
    Peter Hoffmann, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2014
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“Calumniation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calumniation. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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