neglect
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Board members can only be removed for cause, meaning malfeasance, inefficiency, or neglect in their duties.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
The U.S., he argues, ceded too much domestic manufacturing capacity over decades, often through a combination of regulatory burden, inertia and strategic neglect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The games also expose the economic neglect that drives athletes toward such competition.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Those from the Renaissance to the 19th century have been brought into the canon, redressing centuries of neglect, while once well-known female artists of the past whose reputations faded are again highly visible.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
I smell his neglect instantly, and any guilt I have about what I’m about to do disappears.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing neglect
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Excerpt from "The Declaration of Independence"
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