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aspersing

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adjective

aspersing

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verb

present participle of asperse

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for aspersing
Noun
  • Some of those lies have been costly: In 2023, Fox News settled with Dominion Voting Systems in a defamation lawsuit, paying almost $800 million to avoid trial, according to The Associated Press.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Baldoni is suing her and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, for defamation.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Russian politicians and state media were thrilled to hear the U.S. president backing their insulting and obvious lies.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
  • La Liga players are often shown red cards for taking protests past the level which referees deem acceptable, sometimes for words which are less insulting or disrespectful than what was said by Bellingham.
    Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • On New Year’s Eve, Baldoni and nine other plaintiffs, including his crisis publicist Melissa Nathan, sued the New York Times for $250 million for libel.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Baldoni, for is part, filed a libel lawsuit for $250 million against The New York Times—which first reported on Lively’s complaint—six days later.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Incentives for employees to resign or retire could lead to a loss of experienced staff, further degrading service quality.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Drill sergeants now minimize their use of profanity, insults and degrading remarks and strive to become support figures for trainees.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In Britain, Musk has called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a far-right extremist who was jailed for 18 months in October for repeating a libelous claim about a Syrian refugee schoolboy attacking girls.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Robinson was sentenced late last year to a year and a half in prison due to violating a court order prohibiting him from repeating libelous allegations about a Syrian refugee, and Musk has been calling for his release.
    Tara Suter, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Focus on professional factors rather than personal criticisms.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Prominent pro-Israel voices, as well as critics of Israel, defended the movie — or at least called on their allies to tone down the criticism.
    Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Many of the conspiracy theories have prompted FEMA to create a page on its site discrediting rumors and false information about its response to Hurricane Helene.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Still, the United States didn’t recognize Haiti as a nation until 1862, during the Civil War, when American leadership was looking for any support in discrediting slavery.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • While handcuffing and removing the belts and shoelaces of deportees is standard practice in this type of operation, both Oquendo and Barrientos feel they were treated in a demeaning way by US immigration officials, especially when boarding the military flight in the early hours of Sunday.
    Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
  • How Sculptor Meta Warrick Challenged White Supremacy A 1907 exhibition on the founding of Jamestown featured the work of an artist determined to counter demeaning stereotypes.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Aspersing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aspersing. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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