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  • noun Plural form of defect.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defect.

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Examples

  • Friendship seeks the more real, more solid virtues; integrity, constancy, and a steady uniformity of character: love, on the contrary, admires it knows not what; creates itself the idol it worships; finds charms even in defects; is pleased with follies, with inconsistency, with caprice: to say all in one line,

    The History of Emily Montague 1769

  • There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or estimated by any forward looking information, including the possibility that the Company will be unable to cure some or all of the title defects identified by the Buyer in the unpurchased acreage ..

    Business Wire Travel News 2010

  • The Buyer reports that, because the title defects identified are minor, it intends to proceed with a closing of the transaction on

    StreetInsider.com News Articles 2010

  • Samson also continues to work on resolving the title defects identified by the Buyer relating to the remaining 1,056 acres subject to the purchase agreement, but it is uncertain at this time as to how many of those defects can be cured prior to the second closing.

    Business Wire Travel News 2010

  • His address before the graduating class of the Divinity School at Cambridge in 1838 was an impassioned protest against what he called the defects of historical

    An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Edward Caldwell Moore 1900

  • Baker's lawyer countered that Toyota is at fault because of what he called defects with the

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • Baker's lawyer countered that Toyota is at fault because of what he called defects with the

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • The Former Finance Minister spent nearly two hours exposing what he characterized as defects in two big tickets items of the Government's main revenue measures.

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  • The Former Finance Minister spent nearly two hours exposing what he characterized as defects in two big tickets items of the Government's main revenue measures.

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  • Ladies and gentlemen, this is what brain defects look like.

    This week's cover: 'It's Complicated' stars Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep talk nudity | EW.com 2009

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