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flaw

[flaw] / flɔ /


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Then, on its own — without human guidance or help — figured out how to use that flaw to take control of any server running the operating system, using any computer, anywhere in the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

As an example, it said Mythos found a previously unnoticed flaw in video software that had been tested more than 5 million times by its creators.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Although not perfect, the law’s expensing provisions fixed a major flaw in the U.S. tax code.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

The biggest flaw in the Hegelian viewpoint about supposedly great men is that his entire hypothesis about an unfolding historical process is flat wrong.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Major Puff wanted desperately to leave the burrow with the unpardonable yet invisible flaw as soon as possible.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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