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malicious

[muh-lish-uhs] / məˈlɪʃ əs /


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When malware spreads across the internet, the response isn’t to slow technology, but to innovate faster, creating solutions that are technologically superior to the malicious software.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

NHS baby data loss 'likely intentional or malicious'

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Of the two angry men, Mr. Brownlee’s raging Mitridate was quite a different creature from Mr. Costanzo’s sly, malicious Farnace.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Open AI models are, by definition, harder to control, as users can alter their parameters -- potentially for malicious purposes.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

But when he came to know him better and realized his true character was the opposite of his submissive conduct, he conceived the malicious suspicion that even the wait for the airplane was an act.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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