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neglect

[ni-glekt] / nɪˈglɛkt /






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The judge said that, in weighing the sentence, he considered Iza’s history and characteristics, including childhood displacement from Iraq, separation from his parents, neglect, poverty, physical abuse and prolonged social isolation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Rantzen persuaded the BBC after the programme was transmitted that a helpline should be set up so that children suffering abuse or neglect could call in confidence.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“The system is operating in this state of malign neglect and carelessness that has a real impact on people’s financial lives,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Though Pilates is a full-body workout, she added, it often focuses on glutes and legs, which many men neglect in their gym workouts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

After years of neglect, the city was finally renovating Vickers Park.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

His Holiness also neglects St. Augustine’s definition in “The City of God” that peace is “the tranquility of order,” not just the absence of war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

To opponents of the forthcoming regulation, including many still inside the Social Security Administration, Warshawsky and Vought’s conception of the modern economy neglects the fact that workers like Tincher grew up in a different world.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025

The recent sharp selloff in Zions Bancorp’s stock already more than captures any credit risk associated with loan losses, but it neglects the overall quality of the bank’s financials, an analyst said Thursday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025

Most-shared wellness tip: Matt has a high-end doctor who comes in and does blood work and tells him what he should be doing to be healthier, and then he just neglects everything he heard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025

If one neglects gravitational effects, as Einstein and Poincare did in 1905, one has what is called the special theory of relativity.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

She’s running as a candidate with working-class roots, focused on the farmers and rural communities she argues both political parties have neglected.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

Successive governments neglected Israel's geographic periphery, focusing overwhelmingly on security issues, he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

As a longtime renter herself, Raj has experience with being a neglected tenant.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

But all too often, they end up neglected, unfunded and forgotten.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

“I won’t,” Bailey says, relieved that she has neglected to specify a time, leaving “too late” up to interpretation.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

I spent fruitless hours testing my employer’s patience, neglecting my more immediate work while dredging up zero-retweet Twitter posts from the early 2010s.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

No one is worth taking on debt or neglecting long-term financial goals for.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

It accused the report of "spreading misinformation" and "neglecting to mention the threat of terrorist attacks".

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

If politicians stopped neglecting cities, then urban India could eventually stop being a byword for squalor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

It was true of course—I had been neglecting my friends even more than I had been neglecting myself.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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