as in scar
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
the statue has a slight defect on the base, so it's being sold at a discount
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Recent Examples of defect
Kif Leswing, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
In the late 1930s, editor-publisher Billy Wilkerson offered him the editorship of The Hollywood Reporter, but Sullivan was too ur-New York to defect to the left coast.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
There are two other defects on her skull that could be associated with exit wounds.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
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Noun
But many analysts say that Apple’s brand loyalty and lock-in will give it a period of years before iPhone customers start defecting for competitors.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
In the late 1930s, editor-publisher Billy Wilkerson offered him the editorship of The Hollywood Reporter, but Sullivan was too ur-New York to defect to the left coast.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
Marijuana may damage oocytes — unfertilized eggs in female ovaries — in ways researchers worry may lead to infertility, miscarriage and possible genetic defects in babies, new research has found.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
There are two other defects on her skull that could be associated with exit wounds.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defect
Noun
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And of course, smaller incisions mean more inconspicuous scars.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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My top-surgery scars are tattooed over, the suture marks no longer visible.—
Thomas Page McBee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The 23-year-old had emigrated from Ukraine with her mother, sister, and brother.—
Dan Gooding
Shane Croucher
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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About the Iryana Zarutska case Zarutska emigrated to the United States from Kyiv, Ukraine, to escape the violence from Russia’s invasion, her family wrote on a GoFundMe account.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gopher snakes tend to be tan-colored with large square brown blotches or saddles along their backs and smaller gray spots on their sides.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The baby was purple-gray-colored, in blotches; wet, smeared in blood and what looked like whitish wax.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 July 2025
Verb
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Advertisement Travel to the country once limited essentially to pilgrimage and business travel, opened with a tourist e-visa in 2019 and has since become an engine of jobs and investment.—
Ali Shihabi,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
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Next year will mark the culmination of its Jubilee Year celebrations, and through January, the city will continue to host pilgrimage events, public art installations, and expanded museum programming.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Thug’s preexisting relationship with Big Bank also makes the conversation feel very intimate, though sometimes to a fault.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
11 Sep. 2025
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Would the Clippers be at fault if a sponsor decides to pay a player, but there isn’t sufficient evidence the team directed that payment?—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Join Uniworld’s 12-night India’s Golden Triangle & The Sacred Ganges voyage from New Delhi to Kolkata, from $5,879 per person including all meals, unlimited beverages (including fine wines & spirits), daily excursions, airport transfers, and WiFi.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Tristan told stories about the sea, voyages around the Cape of Good Hope, where the waves were high as houses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Services cover conditions such as brain tumors, spine deformities, and chronic neck and back pain.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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These imaging scans help provide a better look at the bones to detect fractures, bone deformities, infections, and abnormalities like tumors.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The disoriented hiker was 78-year-old Douglas Montgomery, an Eagle Scout and former scoutmaster who had trekked the same woods with Troop 10 of Burlingame, California, in the 1960s.—
Kris Millgate,
Outdoor Life,
10 Sep. 2025
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His sister Katherine also trekked north to celebrate the happy couple with her husband, Chris Pratt.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Defect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defect. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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