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as in negligence
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
we received a notice in the mail informing us of our delinquency in paying our utility bill
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as in lateness
the quality or state of being late
delinquency of our mortgage payment meant that we would have to pay a surcharge
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Recent Examples of delinquency
An additional 6 million borrowers are in delinquency, according to an analysis from the American Enterprise Institute.
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Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
However, the Third District reversed the portion of the trial court’s ruling finding that the association failed to establish the amount of the delinquency.
—Awilda Esteras, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
Consumer debt broadly surged in 2025, with the first three months of the year marking the highest level of debt delinquency since the pandemic.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
Per a site on tax sales, for example, Mansfield also has one pending and Westbrook recently cancelled one as the delinquencies were paid.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
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Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
However, the Third District reversed the portion of the trial court’s ruling finding that the association failed to establish the amount of the delinquency.
—Awilda Esteras, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
Consumer debt broadly surged in 2025, with the first three months of the year marking the highest level of debt delinquency since the pandemic.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
Per a site on tax sales, for example, Mansfield also has one pending and Westbrook recently cancelled one as the delinquencies were paid.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delinquency
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Plaintiffs in the Los Angeles bellwether and related cases have sought to get around those protections by relying on claims about corporate negligence and flawed product design, similar to those brought against opioid maker Purdue Pharma in recent years and Big Tobacco in the 1990s.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Google similarly denies any claims of negligence.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
9 Feb. 2026
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How must Yves Bissouma, who was left out of the squad for August’s UEFA Super Cup penalty shootout defeat to Paris-Saint Germain due to persistent lateness, feel watching his team-mate avoid facing the consequences?—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Feldman provides an exceptional guide to a culture that produced castrati only to discard them, and to the haunted sense of too-lateness that left Moreschi outside his own life.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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State child welfare workers declined to open investigations into abuse or neglect in these instances, yet referred them to law enforcement anyway.—
Shoshana Walter,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Several cool props gestured to historical infrastructural neglect and botched Hurricane Maria recovery efforts.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 2026
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And at least one student benefitted from his tardiness.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
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On the field, nobody judged a teammate for tardiness or lack of equipment.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Security and scale focus Security is built into the Codex stack by default.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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That design choice blocks third-party access by default.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Because of Tuesday’s rule failure, any bills tucked into that measure sit at a standstill.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Feb. 2026
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The death certificate listed Fisher’s cause of death as septic shock, a bacterial infection, acute kidney failure and pneumonia.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Former President Bill Clinton is demanding that his House oversight committee testimony about his relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein be in a public hearing.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 2026
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Cases like this highlight the critical advantages of regulated iGaming, where strict oversight and close coordination with law enforcement protect consumers far more than unregulated alternatives.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Delinquency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delinquency. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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