abdication

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The abdication of curatorial responsibility here might have been at least partially forgivable if the show were stuffed with so much engaging work that finding a unifying through-line proved nearly impossible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

It also alleged that the university’s “cowardly abdication of its duty to ensure unfettered access to UCLA’s educational opportunities” violated the students’ freedom of speech and other rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025

Sarah Binder, a political science professor at George Washington University, told The Washington Post that such a move would be “an absolute abdication of their constitutional power.”

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2024

The works taken are of the late Queen Elizabeth II and of Margrethe II, who was Queen of Denmark until her abdication earlier this year.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

Tyler and his friend Bobby made it very clear that they blamed her for Jack’s abdication of duty.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu