defects

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Several builders have also disclosed in filings that providers of insurance for construction defects are retreating from the market, forcing them to pay higher rates and cover more of the claims themselves through self-insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The design of its dinner-plate-sized chips has so far meant they can only run smaller, less complex models, while also presenting challenges around managing defects in manufacturing.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

And a larger chip also raises the risk of lower yields, since the possibility of defects increases.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Condos are particularly tough for builders to invest in because California law allows homeowners associations, or HOAs, to sue developers for construction defects for up to 10 years after a building is completed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

It had obvious defects: it could not, for example, explain the inheritance of characteristics from the father; in 1752 Maupertuis showed that polydactylism could be inherited in the male as well as the female line.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton