defect

Example Sentences

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There’s an understanding among the leagues that given Fanatics ships around 100-million items per year, an error or defect rate of just 1% would result in hundreds of thousands of upset customers.

From Los Angeles Times

The materials used to build them often contain tiny defects that scientists still do not fully understand.

From Science Daily

A Reform UK councillor in Leicestershire has defected to a new party recently launched by MP Rupert Lowe.

From BBC

"You don't get many people mending raw cashmere," said Wade, whose role is to meticulously inspect and darn any defects in the fabric by hand, before it is washed, cut and shipped around the world.

From Barron's

Finch said he believed the pair were planning to defect to Restore Britain – a party recently launched by former Reform MP Rupert Lowe.

From BBC