malignant
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"This has implications for critical real-world scenarios, like when a radiologist can accurately classify masses on an X-ray as benign or malignant fairly automatically, often without extensive deliberation, thanks to years of training," Cox said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
He takes no sensual pleasure in his destruction of Othello and Cassio, just the studied satisfaction of a sociopath watching with appreciation, as if from a distance, the malignant results of his handiwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
At the malignant end, you get the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Earlier this year, he disclosed that surgeons had successfully removed what he described as a "small, early-stage malignant tumour" from his prostate.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
And the pearl was ugly; it was gray, like a malignant growth.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing malignant
Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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