as in violated
to fail to keep
a builder being sued by a homeowner for breaching a contract
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Recent Examples of breached
In a separate ruling, in October 2025, the French equalities regulator said Meta’s Facebook algorithm breached France’s anti-discrimination law by displaying different job advertisements to men and women.
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Carlotta Dotto, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
SFGate reports that the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department has since dealt repeatedly with the fencing being breached.
—News Desk, Artforum, 6 Nov. 2025
Elliot Grainge’s 10K Projects has been sued by Taz Taylor’s Internet Money, which claims that the company breached fiduciary and contractual obligations by withholding millions of dollars.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
That wasn’t the case a year later, as UEFA looked even more dimly upon those levers than La Liga did, and Barca breached the new Football Earnings rule in its first year of operation.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
While breaking a K-pop contract early is typically associated with exorbitant penalties for artists, the group suggested that the label breached contract first, citing alleged mistreatment and mismanagement.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Garcia also called on UW-Eau Claire to investigate whether the costume breached any terms that student organizations have to follow in exchange for university funding.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The government breached its contract with the utilities and must pay them for the unexpected cost of temporary storage, the court has ruled — but not from the NWF.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
The health system said its electronic medical record system was not breached.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Carlotta Dotto, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
SFGate reports that the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department has since dealt repeatedly with the fencing being breached.
—News Desk, Artforum, 6 Nov. 2025
Elliot Grainge’s 10K Projects has been sued by Taz Taylor’s Internet Money, which claims that the company breached fiduciary and contractual obligations by withholding millions of dollars.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
That wasn’t the case a year later, as UEFA looked even more dimly upon those levers than La Liga did, and Barca breached the new Football Earnings rule in its first year of operation.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
While breaking a K-pop contract early is typically associated with exorbitant penalties for artists, the group suggested that the label breached contract first, citing alleged mistreatment and mismanagement.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Garcia also called on UW-Eau Claire to investigate whether the costume breached any terms that student organizations have to follow in exchange for university funding.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The government breached its contract with the utilities and must pay them for the unexpected cost of temporary storage, the court has ruled — but not from the NWF.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
The health system said its electronic medical record system was not breached.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breached
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and law firm Covington & Burlington LLP sued on behalf of seven trans and nonbinary individuals saying that the move violated their First Amendment rights.—
Mikelle Street,
Them.,
6 Nov. 2025
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In 1872, Campbell represented a group of white New Orleans butchers who claimed that efforts by Louisiana’s Reconstruction legislature to regulate their industry violated their Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment rights.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The attorney general was adamant that if Running Fence broke the law, workers would be arrested and jailed, and contractors would lose their licenses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Letters to the editor of The Kansas City Star complained that the parade’s participants far outnumbered the spectators in 2011, the year the Royal broke from tradition and rescheduled the parade to coincide with the competition.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Breached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breached. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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