neglect
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Also include a clear record of inspections and previous repairs, demonstrating that the damage was not caused by ongoing neglect.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Difficult experiences early in life, including criticism, neglect, or severe reactions from caregivers, can influence emotional well-being and quality of life years later.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
Medicaid Fraud Control Units were principally responsible for investigating providers, while also prosecuting the abuse and neglect of patients whose care was billed to Medicaid.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Mark Singer, Funny Money, a great example of how people see what they want to see in pursuit of investments and neglect to do even basic due diligence, which leads to eventual financial ruin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Dimly lit by standing lamps, it has the same air of domestic neglect as the kitchen.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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Mr. Jensen all too often neglects his big man, but he writes with admirable acuity of the little men and women affected by it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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
Eventually, Dyer’s aimlessness gets us somewhere — and, in the most English way, we find the book’s emotional destination in what he neglects to proclaim outright.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 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
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Positioning, meanwhile, shows value is even more neglected by fund managers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
She agrees that people like James are "incredibly neglected".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Developing previously neglected parts of the countryside is another potential benefit.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
In its statement, DHS denied HSI has neglected its core mission, saying the agency has increased its efforts to combat criminal cartels, gangs and drug traffickers in response to multiple Trump executive orders.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
She would complain about her dusty rafters, her neglected heirlooms, the leaky roof, anything and everything.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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On is attempting a more calibrated approach, neither neglecting its shelf space in retail nor wholesaling so many shoes that prices are undermined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
My deeper concern is that Patricia, now 39, may be neglecting her own future while trying to plan for everyone else’s.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 2026
If that's agreed, detectives will then look for evidence that the incident in question saw the suspect "wilfully" neglecting to perform their duty or wilfully misconducting themselves in some other way.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
With just a word of advice to Bobby about not neglecting his schoolwork, he asked the boy to step outside.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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