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neglect

[ni-glekt] / nɪˈglɛkt /






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“A lot of our members feel the neglect … probably the biggest thing is sanitation fears, especially public health crises.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Eleanor Hazel Aldred-Owen died at Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital on 2 October 2023 - a coroner concluded she died as a result of misadventure, contributed to by neglect.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 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

Zethus was a man of great physical strength who despised his brother’s neglect of manly sports and his devotion to his art.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

By considering a previously neglected branch of the theory, they uncovered a substantially different picture of how the Universe might have evolved.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

Valencia also finds a clear parallel between the narrative about a young lion being exiled and how the Quechua language has been neglected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

"We were let down. We were lied to. Our children were neglected," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Two decades ago, the Design District was a neglected grid of low-slung warehouses and empty lots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Here she was, unloved and neglected, dusty from disuse and filled with memories everyone would rather avoid.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

By neglecting to make individual determinations, the judge wrote, the city “failed to do its due diligence, making its actions arbitrary and capricious.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

Britain was pursuing AI acceleration and public trust at once, he said, warning that neglecting either would be problematic.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 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

S/he begins to have abnormal difficulty in concentrating or suddenly becomes hyper-focused on tasks, resulting in s/he losing track of time and/or neglecting him/herself or others.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken


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