as in neglect
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Recent Examples of short shrift
The #MeToo movement, which has been given short shrift at festivals past — there was not a peep from the festival when Johnny Depp, who had faced accusations of domestic violence, walked the red carpet in 2023 for the opening night film Jeanne du Barry — is front and center in Cannes this year.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Despite being the Wild’s second-leading scorer and scoring for the second consecutive game Saturday, Rossi continues to get the short shrift.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Frank Vogel Vogel, currently a coaching consultant with the lowly Dallas Mavericks, has often gotten short shrift during his tenure as a head coach.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Aside from the need for public support for subsidies, the need to change their behavior tends to get short shrift, or is misinterpreted completely.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Despite being the Wild’s second-leading scorer and scoring for the second consecutive game Saturday, Rossi continues to get the short shrift.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Frank Vogel Vogel, currently a coaching consultant with the lowly Dallas Mavericks, has often gotten short shrift during his tenure as a head coach.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Aside from the need for public support for subsidies, the need to change their behavior tends to get short shrift, or is misinterpreted completely.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for short shrift
Noun
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Police always investigate a drowning to rule out cases of abuse or extreme neglect, but an absent-minded parent accidentally forgetting to lock the pool gate or door to the backyard was unlikely to land them behind bars, Hoskin said.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
12 July 2025
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Not only in the United States, where academic medical centers (AMCs) are strained by politics, profit models and bureaucracy—but also in countries like Mexico, where health systems are crumbling under neglect and underfunding.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
Noun
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That charge was later dropped to operating a vehicle with wanton disregard, for which he was fined $250.—
Sharon Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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All three movies are packed with dinosaurs—dinosaurs running, dinosaurs being sad and winsome, dinosaurs showing ruthless disregard for human life.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
30 June 2025
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