defective
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The scientists also explored whether their approach could help treat conditions involving defective immune defenses.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Known as autophagy, this process collects defective proteins and other cellular waste, packages them into specialized compartments, and breaks them down into basic molecular components that can be reused.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
The jury also rejected a countersuit brought by Joby that accused Aerosonic of selling it defective probes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
But for all his talents, he will be remembered as a man affected by a defective moral compass, whose public humiliation was entirely self-inflicted.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
And last year, it had been a defective Talos statue that cost Bianca her life—another one of Hephaestus’s little projects.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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