neglect

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Most countries in the region are rebuilding their militaries after years of neglect, but would still need many years and tough spending decisions before they could defend themselves without the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

After more than a half-century of neglect, a derelict, historic church known as the oldest building on Wilshire Boulevard may finally be restored to its spiritual mission.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He apologised after later returning, saying he had "been too blunt and extreme in my remarks, which hurt many people and made me neglect the responsibilities of being a public figure".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

"Standard computational studies of photocatalysts typically focus on ground-state properties and neglect excited-state effects, despite the fact that photocatalysis is inherently driven by photoexcited charge carriers. Specifically, we employ many-body perturbation theory methods."

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

All around, you saw these signals of neglect, as if the camp itself were slowly, deliberately disintegrating in order to comply with the administration’s deadline.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston