defect

The defect was already present during the earliest stages of disease activity, including in patients with clinically mild IBD.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

The defect involves abnormal cell death and could be detected even in patients whose disease was under good control.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

The contract explicitly provided that she would terminate the pregnancy if the fetus had a serious birth defect and the intended parents requested an abortion.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Ahmed and Gilkar had asked West to abort the pregnancy after a scan at 20 weeks showed the foetus had a severe heart defect.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

It’s comforting to think the defect is mine, because that means it is under my power.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

When she was five months pregnant, ultrasound examinations revealed that the fetus had a cleft palate, a brain cyst, and heart defects.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The researchers combined genetic analyses of patients with congenital heart defects with experiments involving zebrafish, mouse stem cells, and cellular models.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

He also acknowledged that if the U.S. slows AI development alongside China, and the latter defects, it could lead to China’s geopolitical dominance.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Martin Boyd, from the charity, says that since the Grenfell fire, it has become clear that "the law is still stacked against the leaseholders who have a limited means of redress for building defects".

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

But he saw no defects in Baruch, that was clear.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Kendall had been a key backer of Democrat Andrew Jackson in the 1828 election, having defected from Henry Clay’s Whigs.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines Lab co-founder who abruptly defected to OpenAI this year amid a dispute with Chief Executive Mira Murati, has changed employers again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Arabs within the SDF's ranks also defected en masse after Sharaa's army took control of two previously Kurdish-held provinces, Raqa and Deir Ezzor, leaving them at half their strength, according to Syria specialist Fabrice Balanche.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Montgomerie, who defected to Reform 18 months ago after a long career as a Tory adviser and commentator, has said he plans to appeal against the suspension.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

My mother embraced Edward after he defected from Dauntless.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Then came the next bombshell as it emerged that Reform MS for Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg Sarah Cooper-Lesadd was defecting to Plaid Cymru.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

He led Barnet Council from 2019 until 2022 before defecting to Reform in June 2025.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

At the dinner, I tried to get a sense if there were more women like Smith—sweet, older Christian Alabamians—snapping and defecting to the left.

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

There were rival lawsuits and public barbs, as the Tour suddenly found itself scrambling to keep its top players from defecting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Consequently, it followed logically that telling lies and defecting from duty could not be sins.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller