as in infirmity
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lameness
Noun
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Kureishi has been ambushed by the physical infirmities of age in a rare way.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025 -
Is Jill Biden Edith Wilson, an overprotective First Lady clinging to power in the face of her husband’s obvious infirmity?—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
13 July 2024
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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According to this view, the outside world has been generous to Africa, providing substantial aid in recent decades, leaving no excuse for the continent’s debility.—
Howard W. French,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
Noun
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What does this work mean for children with disabilities?—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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These cuts are inconsistent with most research regarding policy actions needed to properly support people with disabilities and threaten the administration’s work to lift up Marylanders and ensure no one is left behind.—
Scott T. Gibson,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Recent experience, including Mauricio Macri’s 2015-2019 Presidency, when Caputo and Federico Sturzenegger were also in charge of the nation’s economic levers, ended up with jarring devaluations that initiated a new and deeper descent into economic decrepitude.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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If that’s not enough for perennial contention, then the rest of the AFC East’s decrepitude will keep that window wide open.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Expedia recognized $147 million in intangible asset impairment charges related to trade names within its B2C and trivago segments.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
7 Feb. 2025
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Supplementation also does not appear to delay cognitive decline in people with mild cognitive impairment, according to another review.—
Jennifer Lefton, MS, RD/N, CNSC, FAND,
Verywell Health,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Sales in international markets rose 0.1%, saddled by weakness in Britain.—
Savyata Mishra,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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But Butler’s debut signified the Warriors’ most hopeful moment in months, an introduction of a superstar who seems to blend well into their system, helps solve their biggest weaknesses and accentuates Curry, who has been dying for a co-star for a few seasons.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Lameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lameness. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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