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calumniation

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noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for calumniate
Verb
  • As a new, inexpensive Chevrolet appeared in 1927 and The Dearborn Independent was sued for libeling a number of Jewish businessmen, Ford threw in the towel and apologized.
    George Pendle, airmail.news, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Please ask your daughter to stop libeling Miss Manners.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In a separate move Wednesday, Trump also took action against the law firm Susman Godfrey, which represented Dominion Voting Systems in its high-profile defamation lawsuit against Fox News.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Federal courts apply state law to defamation cases.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Timothy Martin smeared red and black paint on a case shielding a nearly 150-year-old sculpture by Edgar Degas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Martin and a companion on April 27, 2023, entered the Washington, DC, museum and smeared washable red and black paint on the case protecting Edgar Degas’s 1881 Little Dancer Aged Fourteen in an effort to bring attention to the climate crisis.
    News Desk, Artforum, 9 Apr. 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
  • This egregious calumny is not, however, attributable solely to the disease of the soul that translates into Republicanism according to Biden.
    The Editors, National Review, 22 May 2024
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“Calumniate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calumniate. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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