neglect
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This is not neglect, but rather a choice the majority of people make for active management, because they don’t want to pay constant attention to their portfolios.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
But you’ve never heard of this depression because neglect cured it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
"He gives me a life," says Maria Johal, who has spent most of her life suffering from panic attacks after she developed post-traumatic stress disorder from childhood neglect.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
The Hutchinson Himalayas are a site to behold — a mile-long museum of municipal neglect.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026
Marcos decorated the carriage house with some frayed curtains that had once belonged in the drawing room but that neglect and age had turned to dusty rags.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing neglect
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Excerpt from "The Declaration of Independence"
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