- plural of responsibility.
responsibilities
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Times, a longtime Mulholland booster, blamed “a faulty system which loads upon any man’s shoulders, no matter how broad, responsibilities that are too heavy for any man to bear.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The trade-offs for many parents are to either continue to work and pay — sometimes thousands of dollars a month — for childcare, or leave the workforce to take on caregiving responsibilities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Instead of making her job easier, she says it created additional responsibilities.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
That schedule may be difficult for people with demanding jobs, family responsibilities, limited time, or restricted access to exercise facilities.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
Given the responsibilities for other lives he’d taken on, disregarding symptoms of hepatitis for a month seemed almost a selfish act to me.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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