systemic
Example Sentences
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The inquiry chair Sir Ross Cranston pointed to a "significant, systemic failure on the part of government", and said that several of the casualties were preventable.
From BBC
Isla's family also want a formal review into paediatric diagnostic delays in Scotland, to identify systemic failures and implement change.
From BBC
Of Tuskegee Institute founder Booker T. Washington and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, a president of Sears, Roebuck and Co., who built schools — more than 5,000 nationally, eventually — for systemically disadvantaged Black students.
From Los Angeles Times
The drug, a treatment for the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus, is already approved as an intravenous infusion and that form of administration remains commercially available, AstraZeneca said.
In response to the public outcry, Nigeria's health minister has acknowledged "systemic challenges" in the health system and announced the creation of a national task force on "clinical governance and patient safety".
From BBC
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