inaction

Example Sentences

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Yet when results do not go well, it can look like inaction.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

For Newsom, inaction is more risky than picking a losing candidate, Kousser said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

In a statement, Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu warned that inaction on climate change could cost the wider state government around $40 billion by 2050, "with severe consequences for our people, infrastructure and economy".

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Second, behavioral therapy outcomes should be audited with the costs of inaction in mind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

That is, as much as a war of passiveness and inaction could be said to rage.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly