malignancy
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Mary’s presence is a malignancy, a blight on the name that Sam has worked so hard to build, an identity that’s separate from Mary’s and secure in its solitude.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
But he sure makes the strongest case for being the most malevolent, influential force there, a malignancy that poisons everything he touches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
Nothing in these stories, translated by Megan McDowell, is quite impossible, yet the shadow of numinous malignancy hangs over everything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
By the time the lecture was over, he knew that he would drop all of his ongoing projects to find the cause of the unusual malignancy.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
The full maturing of whatever seeds of malignancy have been sown by these chemicals is yet to come.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
She replied that the doctor would have immediately talked to my father and me if he had found visible malignancies, but that the biopsy would say more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
OPA1 is overexpressed in several cancer types and is linked with poor outcomes and therapy resistance in breast cancer, lung cancer and other malignancies.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 23, 2025
In women aged 40 to 49 the most common malignancies were breast, melanoma, and colorectal cancers.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024
Prescribers are warned about an increased risk of infection or malignancies that are associated with JAK inhibitors.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
Most malignancies develop so slowly that they may require a considerable segment of the victim’s life to reach the stage of showing clinical symptoms.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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