failure
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Failure to qualify is not expected to halt plans, with qualification said to be a bonus rather than something banked on.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Failure to cast a vote will be the same as a no-vote, according to the company’s proxy.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
"Failure after failure, then we found something we weren't expecting in the mess -- a real diamond in the rough. And it is all thanks to a failed control experiment," Vahey said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026
Failure to pass the Rotor Act means another day, week or month that we put at risk the safety of all passengers who fly our skies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
It shocks me to write it, to see it here in the margin of my ATA Pilot’s Notes alongside “De Havilland Mosquito—Engine Failure After Take-Off.”
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing failure
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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