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defect

[dee-fekt, dih-fekt, dih-fekt] / ˈdi fɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt /




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"The pilots remain in control of the airplane," Bedford said of the new software defect.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

If an aircraft crashes, we focus on finding the engineering defect, correcting it, and enforcing established liability standards for the damage created.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

She agreed to terminate the pregnancy if a serious birth defect were discovered and the parents requested an abortion.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

How did I think I could defect to the other side so easily?

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Troilus, a prince of Troy, loves Cressida, whose father defects to the Greek besiegers and forces his daughter to change sides with him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Long-term exposure has been linked to asthma and, in laboratory studies on animals, reproductive issues and birth defects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The most common defects involve brickwork, carpentry and roofing, he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

Who decides which defects are funny and which ones are tragic?

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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, the founder of the ConservativeHome website, defected to Reform two years ago.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Later, Celia would learn with sadness that the girl had defected while on tour in Oaxaca and was playing a psychotic housewife on a popular Mexican novela.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Despite leaving, Tugay did not follow Ozel, saying he would remain independent, with rumours emerging over the summer that he was considering defecting to AKP -- all of which he denied.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

On Chipotle’s final earnings call of 2025, CEO Scott Boatwright said younger customers weren’t defecting to another chain so much as returning to the grocery store.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

"That's not going to appeal to waverers, or to moderate conservatives who might be thinking about defecting."

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The company is currently rolling out more support initiatives to prevent merchants from defecting to other platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

He had even earned a medal, presented by Najibullah himself, before defecting once again and returning to the Mujahideen’s side.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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