neglecting

Example Sentences

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It laid much of the blame, once again, on Roark, saying it was focused on building out a restaurant platform that it plans to take public and neglecting Driven.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 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

The hosts were not neglecting their defensive work, typified by a thunderous James Botham tackle.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

And meanwhile, Milan has been transformed into a "pleasant Disneyland for tourists", hosting a string of major events but neglecting its residents, he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

In a fit of panic, de Vries rushed his paper on plant hybrids to print in March 1900, pointedly neglecting any mention of Mendel’s prior work.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee