Example Sentences

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“I feel like I am the real long-term study that the pharmaceutical companies have neglected to do,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Osmer was found to have neglected his duty and was given a six-day suspension with four of those days held in abeyance.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

"Unfortunately, sometimes in our Christian community, we have neglected logic, neglected science, neglected therapy, neglected help," Lentz said.

From Salon • May 27, 2023

They don’t get nearly as much attention, but they’re a similarly major public health problem, and they have neglected solutions.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2023

It seemed odd that he would have neglected to paint his brother.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman