aspersion

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Recent Examples of aspersion Each apologized profusely, but qualified it with vicious aspersions on the other. John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023 Klimek: There's some aspersions about men with facial hair there. Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2023 Not to cast any aspersions at any other demographic, but there’s been a very severe misrepresentation on stages, not just gender-wise, but color-, every-identity-wise. Stephanie Clifford, ELLE, 8 Mar. 2023 The quotations because the term is more one of aspersion than a real pointer to a specific and discrete movement at this point. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2011 See all Example Sentences for aspersion 
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Noun
  • That criticism has sometimes veered toward threats against company executives and political figures.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • It's repeatedly faced harsh criticism over its failure to curb child abuse on the platform.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • With a pay scale as broad as that, nailing down the right number can feel like throwing darts blindfolded.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Kids can launch web darts directly from Spidey’s mouth and store them in the vehicle’s spoiler.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • For the most part, Israel’s response to Hamas’s devastating October 7 attack was confined to the Gaza Strip.
    Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Episodes often feature logistically complex armed attacks, guided from afar by the top brass, played by the likes of Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly, Jennifer Ehle, and Bruce McGill.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Adding poignancy, the narrative is interspersed with obituaries of some of the patients Shelly could not save, showing them as human beings and not just names on a medical chart.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The last successful Maxwell model was called the Chrysler Six, so when Maxwell Motors reorganized, the name was changed to Chrysler Corp. with guess-who as its president and board chairman.
    David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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
  • Sifton and Stern conclude their book with a look at how even after the Nazis’ defeat, the Bonhoeffer and Dohnanyi families faced public and official calumny for being relatives of traitors.
    Peter Hoffmann, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2014
Noun
  • In reality, Arthur Watkins, this conservative Republican senator from Utah, chaired the censure committee and then was destroyed for it.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • In 2018, the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate also stalled the promotion of Neom as Crown Prince Mohammed faced global censure and scrutiny over the incident.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Usually, military personnel are given a positive response for vote counting but all those other American civilians who live abroad are viewed with some degree of contempt by small-town America.
    Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Williams' case has also been marked with controversy and drama, including past judges being recused from the case and the rapper's attorney, Brian Steel, being charged with contempt of court.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Aspersion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aspersion. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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