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neglect

[ni-glekt] / nɪˈglɛkt /






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Multiple press reports and Lopez-Cornejo’s mother maintain that Lopez-Cornejo, a father of a 12-year-old girl, who suffered from chronic illness, died from medical neglect after he was refused treatment.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

Mark Singer, Funny Money, a great example of how people see what they want to see in pursuit of investments and neglect to do even basic due diligence, which leads to eventual financial ruin.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

The Saint Simeon monastery itself was subjected to "looting, illegal excavation, military use and neglect", according to site director Abdel Jalil Arabi.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Sewage spills are the result of 'decades of neglect'

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

However, Haymitch’s house, despite the care taken by the groundskeeper, exudes an air of abandonment and neglect.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

His Holiness also neglects St. Augustine’s definition in “The City of God” that peace is “the tranquility of order,” not just the absence of war.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 15, 2026

To opponents of the forthcoming regulation, including many still inside the Social Security Administration, Warshawsky and Vought’s conception of the modern economy neglects the fact that workers like Tincher grew up in a different world.

From Salon Nov. 2, 2025

The recent sharp selloff in Zions Bancorp’s stock already more than captures any credit risk associated with loan losses, but it neglects the overall quality of the bank’s financials, an analyst said Thursday.

From MarketWatch Oct. 23, 2025

For example, it neglects to show the good side of social media alongside its dangers, he says, and some details – including the secret emoji codes one character claims children use – ring false.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2025

The definition neglects to mention the maps, the ones that delineate the return trip to normal or the site of the sunken treasure.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Greece, he added, has long neglected many of its rural and forested areas.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

Until 2018, when he came up short in a House primary for the excellent reason that he neglected to mount a campaign—too expensive!—he had never lost an election.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Is there anything I have missed or neglected?

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

He also has a role in a movie called the Mountain, being filmed on Anglesey, about a neglected young boy in 1980s Wales searching for friendship and community when he meets someone living in isolation.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

What he neglected to anticipate in between was his curiosity about the Rossi family and their circus.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

“What if you considered this other perspective?” most of them ask, neglecting to realize that most people won’t be inclined to think harder unless they’re presented with more than a suggestion.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

On Tuesday, Israel's state comptroller released a scathing report accusing successive governments of neglecting domestic weapons production and failing to maintain critical raw material reserves.

From Barron's May 16, 2026

My deeper concern is that Patricia, now 39, may be neglecting her own future while trying to plan for everyone else’s.

From MarketWatch Apr. 25, 2026

If that's agreed, detectives will then look for evidence that the incident in question saw the suspect "wilfully" neglecting to perform their duty or wilfully misconducting themselves in some other way.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2026

So instead we have made progress by finding partial theories that describe a limited range of happenings and by neglecting other effects or approximating them by certain numbers.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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