as in negligence
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
a default in the repayment of a bank loan
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Recent Examples of default
Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
The researchers' findings show how recent AI models default to Western-style directness, completely missing the cultural cues that govern everyday interactions for millions of Persian speakers worldwide.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
Mark Phelan, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Creators who want no part of Google’s AI upscaling should make sure to check the Advanced Settings to opt out before all their videos are processed and become the default version for TVs.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Instagram has installed a new privacy setting which will default all new and existing underage accounts to an automatic private mode.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
The researchers' findings show how recent AI models default to Western-style directness, completely missing the cultural cues that govern everyday interactions for millions of Persian speakers worldwide.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
America’s best-selling SUV, the five-passenger RAV4 has become something like the default vehicle choice for many buyers.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Creators who want no part of Google’s AI upscaling should make sure to check the Advanced Settings to opt out before all their videos are processed and become the default version for TVs.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for default
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Terril Johnson’s wife of more than 54 years, Linda Johnson, of Los Angeles, his son, daughter-in-law, grandson and three granddaughters are suing on claims of negligence and negligent infliction of emotional distress.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacbee.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The complaint accused Coconut Grove Sailing Club and three counselors, including the one who operated the motorboat, of various counts of negligence.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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The lawsuit alleges Parker ignored concerns raised by several teachers and staff members, including that the student may have had a gun in his possession hours before the shooting.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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In fact, they’d merely been habituated, the way a bird learns to ignore a rhino.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
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Global failure to adapt to climate change is taking a toll on people’s lives and is responsible for millions of deaths every year, according to a new report from The Lancet.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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Real war introduces deception, saturation attacks and human failures.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Raine family’s lawyers will have to prove that OpenAI was aware of the risks posed by ChatGPT and disregarded them.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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This time, the environmental advocacy group contended that San Diego’s supplemental analysis of the visual impacts of taller buildings, prepared in advance of the 2022 ballot measure, disregarded other consequential environmental factors.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The student’s mother was sentenced to a total of nearly four years in prison for child neglect and federal weapons charges.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Organizers also say historic status would help prevent demolition by neglect.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Pickleball wasn’t common before 2014, and database text fields were shorter before 2019, possibly omitting earlier cases.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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The father, who requested his name be omitted from this article, declined to comment.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Democrats are also hoping to repeal cuts to health care programs that were put in place as part of the GOP spending and tax bill that passed over the summer.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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That move sparked outrage from refugee advocacy groups, who argued that people from other nations in the midst of conflicts were being passed over.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Yet the current Hawkeyes remain unranked and, to the players, somewhat slighted.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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And now, fans are listening to soul remixes and slighting hip-hop’s resonance.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Default.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/default. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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