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How to use the word unwillingness in a Sentence?

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In hearings over the last year, Senator Richard Blumenthal and I have heard countless stories of physical and emotional damage affecting young users, and Big Tech's unwillingness to change, the Kids Online Safety Act will address those harms by setting necessary safety guiderails for online platforms to follow that will require transparency and give parents more peace of mind.

Marsha Blackburn

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Facebook is extremely thinly staffed... and this is because there are a lot of technologists that look at what Facebook has done and their unwillingness to accept responsibility, and people just aren't willing to work there.

Frances Haugen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That is not because of the FOP, that is 100 % because of the mayor's unwillingness to budge from her hard line. So whatever happens because of the manpower issue, that falls at the mayor's doorstep.

John Catanzara

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If we suspect the numbers are true and we get a large number of our members who stand firm on their beliefs that this is an overreach, and they're not going to supply the information in the portal or submit to testing, then it's safe to say the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50 % or less for this weekend coming up, that is not because of the FOP, that is 100 % because of the mayor's unwillingness to budge from her hard line. So whatever happens because of the manpower issue, that falls at the mayor's doorstep.

John Catanzara

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That is not because of the FOP, that is 100 % because of the mayor's unwillingness to budge from her hard line so whatever happens because of the manpower issue, that falls at the mayor's doorstep.

John Catanzara

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If we suspect the numbers are true and we get a large number of our members who stand firm on their beliefs that this is an overreach, and they're not going to supply the information in the portal or submit to testing, then it's safe to say the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50 % or less for this weekend coming up, that is not because of the FOP, that is 100 % because of the mayor's unwillingness to budge from her hard line so whatever happens because of the manpower issue, that falls at the mayor's doorstep.

John Catanzara

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Deputy Secretary reiterated concerns about the PRC's unwillingness to cooperate with the World Health Organization and allow a second phase investigation in the PRC into COVID-19's origins.

Ned Price

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There has been no substantial progress since transition officials spoke to the intransigence of the Department's political leadership late last week, as we said then, The Department is more pivotal to our national security than the Department of Defense, and an unwillingness to work together could have consequences well beyond January 20.

Ned Price

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I think it speaks to the ambiguities of our policy on The Russians. Point of fact, the policy overall is pretty good. It could be better, but it's pretty good. But you have the unusual factor of the President's unwillingness to criticize President Putin or the Kremlin. And so that makes the policy a little bit unusual, and that's obviously not a positive.

Uzbekistan John Herbst

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Isabelle Papadimitriou undeserving death is due to the carelessness of the politicians who continue to hedge their bets on the lives of healthcare workers through a lack of leadership, through a refusal to acknowledge the severity of this crisis, and through an inability and unwillingness to give clear and decisive direction on how to minimize the risks of the coronavirus.

Isabelle Papadimitriou

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We are concerned by The Post's unwillingness to be transparent about this issue, and alarmed by the implication that reporters will be penalized for talking about any topic not on their beat.

The Post Guild

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The biggest enemy of future success is arrogance, indifference and the unwillingness to learn, unlearn, relearn, change and grow.

Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
4 years ago

While this tweet (after market hours) and the quick correction seem innocuous, the SEC isn't likely to cut Musk any slack, musk's unwillingness to follow the rules is part of what you have to be willing to accept as an investor in Tesla.

Gene Munster from Loup Ventures

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It demonstrates a continued unwillingness to seriously recognize and address the threat that climate change poses to our national security and military readiness.

Adam Smith

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

At this particular point, Rod Rosenstein's priorities are misplaced, for his unwillingness to come before Congress and allow us to conduct proper congressional oversight, it's time that Rod Rosenstein steps down. Rod Rosenstein should do so immediately. And in doing that, I think it would serve the country well, it would serve this President well.

Mark Meadows

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There has been a noticeable change since the administration took over of greater reluctance, if not outright unwillingness, by ICE to entertain or grant bond.

Greg Chen

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

There was insufficient engagement with Santos on valuation, no meaningful attempt by Santos to discuss a realistic price which could supported by any reasonable set of technical and commercial assumptions, and an unwillingness by their Board to explore means of closing the gap between the offer and their expectations.

Blair Thomas

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This project has laid bare Facebook’s inability or unwillingness to efficiently address extremist content on their site, the failure to effectively police its platform has allowed Facebook to become a place where extensive IS supporting networks exist, propaganda is disseminated people are radicalized and new supporters are recruited.

Gregory Waters

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The key driver is this immense pessimism in asset markets, unwillingness to hold anything but the safest assets.

Steven Englander

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The decision is extremely improper, underlining an unwillingness to learn from the Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

Hiroyuki Kawai

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Instead of undermining Congressional intent regarding the visa waiver program, the White House should instead focus on Iran’s repeated violations of the U.N. Security Council's bans on missile tests, iran’s unwillingness to follow these international agreements should be a red flag that the Iran nuclear deal is n’t worth the paper it is written on.

Kevin McCarthy

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

She lied about House Benghazi, i think House Benghazi's just a little bit more insight into her unwillingness oftentimes to speak truth, in this case for political reasons.

Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The sheer volume of counterfeits on the site as reported by our members, along with the company's unwillingness to make serious reforms is why, after three years, we feel it is necessary to recommend that Taobao be added back to the list and that the U.S. elevate the pressure on them to make substantive, measurable improvements to the counterfeit problem.

Juanita Duggan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The persistence of dredging, along with construction and militarization on China's artificial islands, underscore Beijing's unwillingness to exercise self-restraint and look for diplomatic paths to reduce tensions, on the eve of President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States, Beijing appears to be sending a message to President Barack Obama that China is determined to advance its interests in the South China Sea even if doing so results in heightened tensions with the United States.

Bonnie Glaser

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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