defect

Example Sentences

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In a recall filing Friday, Hyundai said it learned March 9 of a fatality potentially involving the defect in an Ohio incident.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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

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 • Feb. 22, 2026

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 • Feb. 19, 2026

He was told he had a heart defect, and it was serious enough for the Army Board to turn him down.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield