on the part of (someone)

idiom

: by or from (someone)
It was a good effort on the part of all the students.
There is a lot of sympathy for the accused woman on the part of the public.

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And there is a lot of failure on the part of the industry, quite frankly, to comply with the law. Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2025 So far there is no indication of any fault on the part of the airline, with investigations into the disaster at an early stage. John Feng, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025 However, that paper was retracted because of undeclared competing interests on the part of the author and concerns about the validity of the methods and statistical analysis. Will Stone, NPR, 30 Jan. 2025 An air traffic control tape released after the crash suggested possible confusion on the part of the chopper pilot. Barbara Peterson, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for on the part of (someone) 

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“On the part of (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20part%20of%20%28someone%29. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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