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disregard

[dis-ri-gahrd] / ˌdɪs rɪˈgɑrd /




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In addition, the jury found the two deputies acted with reckless disregard and awarded $10 million in punitive damages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

They said a parliamentary group on African repatriation had highlighted "ethical concerns" over the display of such remains due to the "constant disregard" of potential wishes and intentions of ancestors who buried them.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

"You can not continue to engage with someone who is so blatant in her disregard and disdain for a large section of this community," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

But Cruise’s story is also an ironic reflection of “Digger”: an undeniably ambitious project whose assuredness belies a stubborn disregard for everyone but itself.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Does she think herself a princess who can disregard the will of others?

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The Seneca Nation is calling on President Donald Trump to reverse his decision to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” arguing that the move disregards centuries of Indigenous history and the United States’ treaty obligations.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

“This is a new phenomenon that disregards the idea that transparency and disclosure are important,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026

As Mr. McGurn observes, it’s ironic that Pope Leo, previously an Augustinian friar, disregards the seminal work on just-war philosophy by his order’s namesake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

SSI provides very modest benefits because its asset limits and income disregards have not been updated in decades.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026

The law says the penalty is harsher if someone should have known of the risks and harsher still—manslaughter—if the person does know the risks and wantonly disregards them.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Thirlwall found that if a doctor – named in the report as Dr ZA - had not disregarded the insulin test result for baby F in August 2015 then there should have been safeguarding action.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The report spends its 28 pages documenting instances in which the task force regarded, not disregarded, evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Their concerns were disregarded, prompting most to resign.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

She said that an expert for the prosecution conceded that point and that the data from Grossman’s Mercedes had anomalies and should be disregarded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

When she decided to become a dancer at seventeen, she disregarded all conventional wisdom, which preached that dancers must begin their training as young children.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

On Friday, Kabila accused President Félix Tshisekedi's government of disregarding proposals he had put forward last year, including some aimed at ending the conflict in eastern DR Congo.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

He has accomplished this by completely disregarding what has become one of the defining trends of modern baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The changes also help to assuage potential anxiety operators might have felt about disregarding state and local laws and the lawsuits that result from that disregard for the law.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

Charles Rivkin, the chairman and chief executive of the Motion Picture Association, called on ByteDance to "immediately cease its infringing activity," accusing it of disregarding copyright law that protects creators and underpins millions of jobs.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Outside there was a crush of people waiting for their carriages, and Ash pushed through them, disregarding their comments about her rudeness.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo


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