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
Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
The dogs [which carried the same genetic defect for LCA as humans] had the funny eye movements.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Several Kurdish groups have released public statements hinting at imminent action and urging Iranian military forces to defect.
—John Calabrese, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The morning anxiety isn’t a defect to suppress.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
The dogs [which carried the same genetic defect for LCA as humans] had the funny eye movements.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
Verb
Through the 2000s, players continued to defect.
—Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Several Kurdish groups have released public statements hinting at imminent action and urging Iranian military forces to defect.
—John Calabrese, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defect
Noun
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But April, whose daughter attended Asheville Academy for Girls from June of 2020 to January 2021, says when her daughter came home for Christmas, she was covered with bug bites and scars from manual labor.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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The work also highlights how planetary scars preserve hidden records of ancient events.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
Verb
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Eddie's family emigrated from Cuba after leaving the country in search of opportunity.—
Jamal Goss,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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Grandma Bobby is well-read and well-traveled, glamorous and opinionated (speaking of usually-right old women), the old-school, no-nonsense daughter of a girl who walked out of a pogrom and emigrated to New York.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
Noun
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These grow to form blotches that have lighter and darker zones appearing as irregular concentric rings that grow throughout the season until the entire leaf turns black and dies.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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This was a black one with blotches faintly outlined in pale yellow, a beautiful but deadly looking animal.—
Dr. C. E. Kuschel,
Outdoor Life,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Nearly 100,000 visitors pilgrimage to the area annually to witness a forest canopy cloaked in orange-and-black wings.—
Jen Murphy,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Several hundred of them pilgrimage to Arizona each February for the I Heart Pluto Festival.—
David Allan,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The bullpen wasn’t without fault on Thursday, but there was plenty more blame to go around in a 7-5 loss to the Washington Nationals in the series finale at Nationals Park.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
7 May 2026
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Under head coach Joe Mazzulla, Boston relies heavily (arguably to a fault) on the 3-ball, but even teams with lower shooting volume can be affected by variance.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Silversea is lauded for both its classic ocean liners and expedition ships, which voyage the globe including the Poles.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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Some ships even reposition between polar regions or across the Southern Hemisphere—voyages far longer than most standard cruises ever attempt.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The toebox’s square shape is also particularly accommodating for bunion deformities.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Romans did not share our sensibilities about gender or deformity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Wearing woolen garments that should have been stashed away weeks ago, many were also sporting trekking poles, binoculars and long-lens cameras.—
Ashley Stimpson,
Washington Post,
11 May 2026
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Hitting the beaches, and biking and trekking 32 miles of coastal and inland trails are the main daytime activities.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
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“Defect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defect. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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