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Recent Examples of libelous And finally, modern far-right terrorists still frequently invoke the same libelous assertion that white women must be protected from licentious Black men. TIME, 14 May 2024 The lawsuit alleges the principal and the district violated the California Education Code, which provides strong protections for student journalism and free speech with few exceptions, such as content that is obscene, libelous or slanderous. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024 If there were whispers that something more perverse or calamitous might have transpired, they were branded libelous, sensationalist, or otherwise untrue. Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024 Picasso supporters attacked the book, calling it libelous and vindictive. Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 6 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for libelous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for libelous
Adjective
  • There were reports for a decade that his defection was imminent and even an erroneous report by a major outlet that a defection had happened.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Children’s Health Defense is an organization founded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been criticized for his mixed and erroneous messaging about the ongoing measles outbreak, the largest in six years.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Hallucinations, on the other hand, occur when an AI system is asked to provide factual information or perform specific tasks but instead generates incorrect or misleading content while presenting it as accurate.
    Anna Choi, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
  • And then there is Derek McDaniel, whose incorrect assembling of his nomination packet for 2023 city council race resulted in a circuit court judge bouncing him from the ballot, and whose campaign yard sign size and placement have been questioned in this race.
    Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Vienna welcomes its newest guests—American politicians, European aristocrats, and scandalous socialites.
    Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Adding to the absurdity was the network’s choice of host, Monica Lewinsky, whose mere existence was still considered scandalous back in 2003.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The pivotal addition to the the state Civil Code reads: Existing law provides that libel is a false and unprivileged written publication that injures the reputation and that slander is a false and unprivileged publication, orally uttered, that injures the reputation, as specified.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
  • As part of the scheme, prosecutors said Bock and Said submitted false documentation to the Minnesota Department of Education, including fraudulent meal counts and fake attendance rosters.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • By contrast, Russia’s own inertial guidance backups tend to be inaccurate.
    David Axe, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • In addition, prosecutors told their supervisors in a memo that the show had edited footage of the investigation out of chronological order, generating an inaccurate depiction of what happened.
    Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 29 Mar. 2025

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“Libelous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libelous. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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