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indifference

[in-dif-er-uhns, -dif-ruhns] / ɪnˈdɪf ər əns, -ˈdɪf rəns /


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Kusama said many of her experiments in the 1960s met with indifference or, worse, imitators.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

“The foregoing failures constitute deliberate indifference to the unconstitutional conditions that exist in the prisons,” investigators wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

But outrage over alleged exam irregularities soon turned it into an unlikely rallying point for broader frustrations over unemployment, failing institutions and political indifference.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

"The man's crossed legs might evoke indifference, the phone a culture of emptiness, the parasol a comfort people cling to," it said.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Aureliano José did not realize how much ground he had lost on the night he could no longer bear the farce of indifference and went back to Amaranta's room.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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