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neglect

[ni-glekt] / nɪˈglɛkt /






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Those schools aren’t falling apart by accident or even by intentional neglect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Rather against the popular perception of neglect and brutality the name often evokes, the master of the house had taught Conway to read and write and given him a lifelong love of learning.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

A relatively low amount of credit-card debt can be easy to neglect — and I’ve definitely done it myself.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

At Rome's occupied Morgagni high school, where students have barricaded entrances with desks, protesters pointed to the crumbling infrastructure as evidence of neglect.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The place had an air of neglect, as though it was not usually inhabited.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

For example, it neglects to show the good side of social media alongside its dangers, he says, and some details – including the secret emoji codes one character claims children use – ring false.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025

The definition neglects to mention the maps, the ones that delineate the return trip to normal or the site of the sunken treasure.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

When Congress created the Opportunity Zone program in 2017, lawmakers heralded it as a way to attract investment by funneling risk-averse capital into neglected communities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The powers held by the bad version of Ursula seem to grow the more that Bela feels neglected by real-life Ursula, who works constantly and often gets home late.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Gynecological pain is so often neglected, and it’s a space where even small adjustments can represent an improvement.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

But the reality outside shows how much work remains to bridge the gap between the remarkable things this city builds and the often neglected spaces between.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Boxton was a tired town, a neglected place that looked as if it was in danger of collapsing in on itself.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

It’s Brooke’s vulnerability that gives the play its emotional ballast, and Ms. Rabe brings out the character’s pathos without neglecting the barbed tongue she inherited from her mother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

One in three even admitted to accidentally breaking the law by neglecting important responsibilities, like missing jury duty.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

“What if you considered this other perspective?” most of them ask, neglecting to realize that most people won’t be inclined to think harder unless they’re presented with more than a suggestion.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

She was glad she had never fallen for a horse or pony, for she would surely be neglecting it by this stage of her life.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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