as in beating
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an injured or diseased spot or area on or in the body
skin lesions a brain lesion
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Recent Examples of lesion
In the past year, she’s also had 20 rounds of chemotherapy, which is successfully shrinking her lesions.
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 13 May 2025
In February 2023, while in office, Biden had a lesion removed from his chest that was cancerous.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
By this point the lesions looked like raw, open wounds.
—Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 7 May 2025
Susan Riffle had a lesion on her lung that AI determined was likely cancer.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 5 May 2025
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 13 May 2025
In February 2023, while in office, Biden had a lesion removed from his chest that was cancerous.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
By this point the lesions looked like raw, open wounds.
—Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 7 May 2025
Susan Riffle had a lesion on her lung that AI determined was likely cancer.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lesion
Noun
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Two days after the beating, Ventura had to walk the red carpet for the premiere of her movie, The Perfect Match.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Richard said that the beatings continued in the car on the way home after the dinner.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Zverev, Tsitsipas, Medvedev and Matteo Berrettini, the Italian who had to miss this French Open through injury, were chief among them.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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What’s more, the injury is likely old, given that new tissue is already forming over the wound.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
29 May 2025
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“Lesion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lesion. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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