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disregard

[dis-ri-gahrd] / ˌdɪs rɪˈgɑrd /




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They claim that his alleged speeding does not meet the legal standard for implied malice, meaning to act with a conscious disregard for human life.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

But it does challenge one of the most persistent messages behind that culture: that men who embrace domination and disregard for women can continue winning without consequences.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

The trade union Verdi said the proposal to scrap the early retirement scheme showed "a total disregard for the lifetime achievements of the people concerned".

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

At his second trial, jurors asked the judge whether they had to disregard Hernandez’s later confessions if they thought his first confession wasn’t voluntary.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Valentina detested the ferocious disregard for humanity of the Great Terror.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Hims & Hers said the suit disregards evidence it provided the FTC during the investigation and ignores industry standards in telehealth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

SSI provides very modest benefits because its asset limits and income disregards have not been updated in decades.

From MarketWatch Mar. 10, 2026

It focuses tightly on the plain text of a law and disregards legislative history—committee reports, floor debates, and the like—as irrelevant.

From Slate Mar. 4, 2026

However, 15-year-olds Noah Jones and Macy Neyland - backed by a rights group - will argue the ban completely disregards the rights of children.

From BBC Nov. 26, 2025

The law says the penalty is harsher if someone should have known of the risks and harsher still—manslaughter—if the person does know the risks and wantonly disregards them.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The Claimants' conduct of this litigation wholly disregarded these key disciplines.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Promoters of Graham Platner’s doomed Senate campaign in Maine disregarded that age-old warning, and now they are paying the price.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

She said that an expert for the prosecution conceded that point and that the data from Grossman’s Mercedes had anomalies and should be disregarded.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

"Meta executives knew their products harmed children, disregarded warnings from their own employees, and lied to the public about what they knew," he added.

From Barron's Mar. 24, 2026

On a holiday the usual rules of order could be disregarded.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

The changes also help to assuage potential anxiety operators might have felt about disregarding state and local laws and the lawsuits that result from that disregard for the law.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

Summer Yue, an AI safety researcher at Meta, went viral on X when she posted screenshots showing OpenClaw disregarding her instructions and deleting the contents of her inbox.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

Barrett, too, sounded skeptical that Clement and Sauer could insist that Congress preserved one historical aspect of elections—requiring ballots on Election Day—while disregarding the rest.

From Slate Mar. 23, 2026

Brussels accused TikTok of disregarding "important indicators of compulsive use of the app" such as the time spent on the platform by children at night.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

When it came at last he ran at full speed to the thicket, disregarding his soreness and passers-by alike.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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