flaw
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The seller, it turned out, had been auctioning coins that had been cleaned or artificially altered—a serious flaw that graders flag and collectors shun, rendering the coins nearly impossible to resell at a profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Diarra From Detroit” presents this as the schoolteacher-turned-detective’s greatest asset and her biggest flaw.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Another flaw: “soft-story” buildings, where the ground floor is flimsier than the upper floors, making it easier for it to topple in a quake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
“I concede the point. You may perhaps be useful. And yet... your fatal flaw may destroy us as well as yourself.”
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing flaw
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
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"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 3
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Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 5
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