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Recent Examples of misdoing Certainly in the reign of J. Edgar Hoover, the role of the bureaucracy, and Hoover’s role actually, was more often to aid Presidents in their misdoings, amid some of his own. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2019 An American journalist seeking to write about the rich celebrities instead learns about financial, political and treasonous misdoings – even murder. Carole Goldberg, courant.com, 3 July 2019 Yet, the very reality of 2018 is that Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Justice nomination pushed the seemingly consequence-free misdoings of those attending the country’s elite prep schools into the news cycle. Veronica Walsingham, Teen Vogue, 5 Oct. 2018 This is not the first time Facebook has had to publicly increase previous estimates of misdoings on its platform. Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2018 South Korean politicians accused of misdoing often apologize for causing trouble while still denying wrongdoing. Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018 There is no box that defines and confines who has the capability of perpetrating these misdoings. Kirsten King, Teen Vogue, 16 Jan. 2018 All of the angst could have been avoided if not for some political misdoings. Joe Haakenson, Daily Pilot, 21 Dec. 2017 Reports about financial misdoings, the possible collapse of venerable institutions, rising unemployment caused by advanced technology — all of these affected the psychology of spending. Robert J. Shiller, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdoing
Noun
  • Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges and has long denied any wrongdoing.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Jinger Duggar Vuolo's decision to speak out against wrongdoing hasn't always be positively received by those around her.
    Dory Jackson, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • After a mistrial in 2007, Spector was retried and convicted in 2009 of second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a crime.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Analysis: Trump refers to the U.S. as ravaged by crisis, calling it a desolate hellscape of crime, chaos and economic hardship.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Liberty has been a member of the Florida Bar since 2004 and has no history of misconduct.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Baldwin’s attorneys accused the state of misconduct, pointing to a batch of unexamined bullets that a potential witness turned over to sheriff’s investigators last March.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Use regular audits, whistleblower protections and incident tracking systems to address violations.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • TikTok is awaiting a final ruling from the Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments regarding the ban’s potential violation of the First Amendment on Jan. 10.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Even after a 10-7 regular season and return to the playoffs — albeit a brief one after Sunday’s wild-card loss to Buffalo — established a new benchmark for success, the sins of the past lingered in the coach’s mind.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
  • But the sin of this particular series is one that's hard to get over: deep unpleasantness.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Misdoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdoing. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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