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failings

  • plural
    of failing.
    failing
    noun
    an act or instance of failing; failure.

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Cornell itself admitted failings in a task force report released in March.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

This time—in scores by Respighi, Brahms, Strauss, Elgar and Tchaikovsky—I was far less impressed, though not because of any technical failings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The coroner also raised concerns that many of the failings had been brought up at a previous inquest he'd conducted.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

But for Rombach, the biggest danger rests in potential human failings.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The effect of one of Leon’s anecdotes was to make his listener warm to humankind and its failings.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan