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[doo-tee, dyoo-] / ˈdu ti, ˈdju- /




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These include failing to carry out "timely and thorough observations" of patients, then falsifying records "in the safe knowledge that staff on duty would not report or escalate the deception".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Sales in Europe have also come under pressure after the European Union eliminated a similar customs duty exemption in July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The governor said Liles was the first CHP officer killed in the line of duty since 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

“A federal judge has a duty to sit where not disqualified which is equally as strong as the duty to not sit where disqualified,” then Associate Justice William Rehnquist wrote in 1972.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

I have had a life of sorrow, I have been poor and ill, but I consider it my duty, a sacred thing, a holy mission to expose it.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

“Thankfully, he said yes,” Yabu recalled of the waiting and anticipation once Skinner agreed to add quarterback to his other duties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Song's supervisor at the social service centre was also given a suspended jail sentence for helping him dodge his duties, including falsifying records to make it look like Song had reported to work.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Bureaucrats also face challenges of their own while carrying out their duties.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

"Tomorrow morning I will hand over my duties to the parliament speaker."

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The spirits also had many important postwar duties like “preparing our homes for the poor wounded soldiers who are rapidly coming to our world.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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