onus
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“Related”? “May be subject”? The blunderbuss letters put the onus on the homeowners to determine if they owed the tax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Given the dire state of the justice system in Haiti, the onus has been on US prosecutors to bring the detainees to Florida to try the cases there.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The startup is putting the onus on providing local teams of so-called forward-deployed engineers, who help integrate its AI tools into workflows, often operating at customer sites around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The onus is on the family to prepare.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
In a feeble attempt to squelch the idea of inviting her, I put the onus back on them.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
People have a lot of motives for accusing other people of stuff, particularly on campuses where there are not any particular onuses on making an accusation or repercussions.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2017
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