aforethought
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of aforethought
Example Sentences
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Her consistency of dress was a sign of reliability in the face of global change, a physical expression of her job as a living historical symbol and a tool wielded with precision, aforethought.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
Everything he has done in his whole life has been with malice aforethought.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2022
Ramos’s premeditation, or malice aforethought, is manifest also through time.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2019
As Regina George, the reigning mean girl with malice aforethought, Taylor Louderman is a contender for lead actress in a musical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2018
The French writer is inevitably epigrammatic first, and, if diffusive afterward, it is with malice aforethought.
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
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