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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lameness
Noun
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The decision of Democrats to ignore Biden’s infirmity and boost him in 2024 looked risky at the time.—
Michael Graham,
Boston Herald,
21 May 2025 -
This decision, framed by loyalty and political considerations, obscured the president’s infirmity at a moment of pivotal international consequence.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
28 June 2024
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President Biden’s troubles — lingering inflation, wars and rumors of wars, his debility — could have benefited any Republican.—
David Harsanyi,
National Review,
25 Jan. 2024
Noun
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Over five years, the new law phases out subminimum wages that previously were allowed for people with disabilities, requiring them to be paid the same minimum wage as anyone else in Illinois — joining 18 other states.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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Private schools are not bound by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which requires public schools to provide students with disabilities a free, appropriate public education.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
23 May 2025
Noun
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In playing the character later on, was there a sort of reverse-engineering of his decrepitude?—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025
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The clinics’ decrepitude was regularly mentioned in health ministry meetings.—
Mara Kardas-Nelson,
The Dial,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Symptoms can include vomiting, vision problems, difficulty walking and memory loss or other cognitive impairment.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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Cataracts are one of the most common causes of vision impairment worldwide.—
Sanket Jain,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 May 2025
Noun
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While the dollar strengthened for the second day on Wednesday, Jefferies thinks the greenback could be in for an extended period of weakness.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
28 May 2025
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One weakness in Capture One's utility as a workflow solution has been its lack of sharing to established online photo venues, but there's a ray of light on this count.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
28 May 2025
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“Lameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lameness. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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