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Discover LudwigThe phrase "in dereliction of" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means the act of neglecting or failing to fulfill a duty or responsibility. Example: The CEO was fired for his actions in dereliction of his fiduciary duties to the company.
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In "Dereliction of Duty," McMaster wrote that a strategy of attrition "was, in essence, the absence of a strategy".
In "Dereliction of Duty," the current national security adviser warned of the perils of working for truth-impaired commander in chief.
News managers were perfectly entitled to ask him testing questions about the story and would have been in dereliction of their duty had they not done so.
In "Dereliction of Duty," McMaster recounts the story of Harold Johnson, an Army chief of staff who considered resigning during the Vietnam War.
Importantly it picks up on the role of doctors, and medics and finds them to be in dereliction of their duty.
In "Dereliction of Duty," McMaster's book on Vietnam, he described how Lyndon Johnson's top generals allowed the President to mire American troops in Vietnam with no possible strategy and no public candor.
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On Thursday Democrats made it clear in a letter to Trump that he would be in "severe dereliction" of his duties if he didn't confront Putin about this issue.
"President Obama and Hillary Clinton have engaged in gross dereliction of duty by surrendering the safety of the American people to open borders".
DC Site Services report a fall from 40%to3%3% in the "dereliction of duty" after the introduction of their deposit scheme, so it seems reasonable.
That's because, in flagrant dereliction of state environmental law, the towns of Brookhaven, Riverhead and Southampton have approved project after project while steadfastly refusing to study their effects.
He strenuously denied suggestions from MPs on the committee that he had been grossly incompetent or had been involved in a dereliction of duty, but added: "I do have questions to ask myself.
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