defect
Example Sentences
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But he seemed unwilling to transform that imperfection into a constitutional defect in which counsel, in his view, still had “every opportunity” to make the point and did not.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
By 2023, he had a heart attack and was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and cauda equina syndrome, the latter led to several spinal surgeries.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
“It is manufactured to a tolerance of one defect in a million,” the report states.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
Jenrick was sacked as Kemi Badenoch's shadow justice secretary last month for plotting to defect, before being unveiled as a Reform recruit hours later.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
I’m always going to be the sister of a kid with a birth defect: that’s not the issue.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
Vocabulary lists containing defect
Tuesdays with Morrie
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The Glass Menagerie
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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