defectiveness

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Noun
  • Expedia recognized $147 million in intangible asset impairment charges related to trade names within its B2C and trivago segments.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Supplementation also does not appear to delay cognitive decline in people with mild cognitive impairment, according to another review.
    Jennifer Lefton, MS, RD/N, CNSC, FAND, Verywell Health, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • One obvious issue with this sort of building is that spiral stairs are not accessible for those with disabilities.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Despite the level of care, many within the organization admit that the work is only a small step in addressing the larger issue of how to care for adults with disabilities.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Recognizing the Fed’s failings in the 1970s, Congress amended the Federal Reserve Act in 1977 to include additional reforms, such as requiring the Fed chair to report to Congress twice a year to testify on the central bank’s activity.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Shows that not all football teams need to be Champions League contenders and not all fans need to be moaning about the failings of their club.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sales in international markets rose 0.1%, saddled by weakness in Britain.
    Savyata Mishra, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • But Butler’s debut signified the Warriors’ most hopeful moment in months, an introduction of a superstar who seems to blend well into their system, helps solve their biggest weaknesses and accentuates Curry, who has been dying for a co-star for a few seasons.
    Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Honan believes Adams’s association with Trump, which could grow with a pardon from him, is a detriment to him in the race.
    Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Feb. 2025
  • That both share so much ice together and struggle heavily without the other is a detriment to their cases, though.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The process isn't for natural disasters such as hurricanes, but for when there is someone at fault.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Is the man responsible for his actions, or is his brain at fault?
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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