responsibilities
Americannoun
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The panel found the teacher's conduct "involved serious and repeated failures to maintain proper professional boundaries with a pupil and a failure to act in accordance with safeguarding expectations, requirements and responsibilities".
From BBC • May 16, 2026
However, that firm could only take on back-office responsibilities like legal, compliance and accounting.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
They have the power of the state behind them, and they have ethical responsibilities that go with that.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
"China and the United States both have responsibilities as major powers," he said, adding that "only through friendship can we achieve mutual development and become stronger".
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Not long after Fischer reached Kruse and began the troublesome descent to Base Camp, they encountered Boukreev at the top of the Icefall, ascending alone, and Fischer harshly reprimanded the guide for shirking his responsibilities.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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