abuse
Example Sentences
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I’m all in on eliminating waste, fraud and abuse.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
In an interview with the Journal, an official said the state terminated Piece by Piece because of its alleged abuse of Indiana taxpayers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
In November, we had the first version of the current guideline, against writing new articles with LLMs, which sadly didn’t apply to existing articles, where most of the abuse was.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
The inquiry was established in response to recommendations made by Baroness Casey in her national audit on group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse published in June 2025.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The difference was that here I could disagree with him without risking a flood of abuse or petulance.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
