malpractice

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Recent Examples of malpractice There’s no clear framework for liability or malpractice if something goes wrong. Chrissa McFarlane, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 Last month, the government of South Korea, where A is from, admitted that its adoption agencies engaged in fraud or malpractice to keep up with demand, including not properly vetting prospective parents. Juliana Kim, NPR, 19 Apr. 2025 But assuming any long-term Allen absence automatically equals a lost season would be managerial malpractice. Tim Graham, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 Fresh out of law school, Rudy is an inexperienced attorney with a medical malpractice case against legendary attorney Leo F. Drummond (Slattery) that exposes a shocking conspiracy. Denise Petski, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for malpractice
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Noun
  • The business-as-usual approach dovetails with a year of acts from Brand New to Ryan Adams looking to put a wide range of allegations of misconduct in the rearview mirror by giving diehards a show of talent to talk about instead and little else.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 13 May 2025
  • Substantial misconduct, Murphy said in the filing, can also warrant the disqualification of a prosecutor.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Now, Espinosa and his wife are suing the sheriff's office, alleging deliberate indifference and medical negligence.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • The lawsuit accuses other officers of assault, battery, false imprisonment and rape, and says the department is to blame because of negligence.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025

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“Malpractice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malpractice. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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