failure
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The reaction should—but sadly won’t—be studied by journalism schools as an unwitting testament to the failure of the business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
A/Prof Neuen said, "Taken together, these findings suggest that expanding the use of finerenone in patients with CKD has the potential to meaningfully reduce kidney failure and cardiovascular complications for millions of people worldwide."
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Pro-business Paz took office in November promising to resolve the country's worst economic crisis in decades, but his unpopular economic reforms and failure to respond to social demands have roused public ire.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Police bosses admitted not arresting Calocane had been a "serious and systemic and operational failure".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Some information technology experts warned that computers would not be able to distinguish the correct meaning of 00, resulting in widespread failure of vital infrastructures.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing failure
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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