MALIGNANCY Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

malignancy

noun

mə-ˈlig-nən(t)-sē

as in malice

the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm her irrepressible malignancy was such that she even attacked her friends behind their backs

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Recent Examples of malignancy Once a growth of cells has been discovered in or around the brain, malignancy is determined through a pathology report or biopsy, says Barbaro. —

Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024 There are also some hypothetical reasons why CAR-T could indirectly raise the risk of any secondary primary malignancy, Rejeski added. —

Alia Sajani and Angus Chen, STAT, 12 July 2024 Only in more advanced cases—when an actual malignancy is detected via colonoscopy and biopsy—will more-extensive surgery and chemotherapy be in order. —

Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024 At the time, the proteins had been recently discovered to exist in mammals and to be produced in response to malignancy. —

Rohan Rajeev, STAT, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for malignancy

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The jury in the trial, heard in a Bay County, Fla., court, will be asked to determine whether CNN journalists acted with actual malice, which is defined as the publication of false information with reckless disregard of the truth.

— Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Some of the rebels were jihadists (more on that in a moment), but Assad directed his malice universally—and, if anything, more violently toward non-jihadists, whose only demand was freedom from Assad and his cronies.

— Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024