negligence

Example Sentences

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Meta lost a social-media addiction trial, facing negligence findings for harming children, and announced several hundred layoffs.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

One of the earliest comics, in 1938, involved Superman exposing the negligence of mine owners who endangered their workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

“In some severe cases, the plaintiff may have additional remedies through a civil lawsuit for claims like negligence or tortious interference with inheritance rights,” the law firm says.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The family of Adichie had accused the hospital of negligence, alleging that medics denied oxygen to her son and administered excessive sedation, which they say led to cardiac arrest.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

It is quite possible, then, that my employer fully expects me to respond to his bantering in a like manner, and considers my failure to do so a form of negligence.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro