malicious
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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
Jennifer Pritchard, who had pleaded guilty on the day of her trial to a malicious communication offence, was sentenced on Friday at Cardiff Crown Court to 18 months in prison.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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
Now, before everyone rushes to outrage, let me say this: I do not think anybody involved was malicious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
It was so poisoned and malicious, even a son of the sea god couldn’t control it.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing malicious
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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