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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defectiveness
Noun
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Symptoms can include vomiting, vision problems, difficulty walking and memory loss or other cognitive impairment.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025 -
The researchers defined healthy aging as surviving to age 70 while being free of 11 major chronic diseases, including cancer, diabetes, stroke, arthritis and osteoporosis; having no impairment in memory or physical function; and being in good mental health.—
Linda Carroll,
NBC news,
16 May 2025
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Federal authorities have expanded emergency food assistance for residents affected by recent severe weather in Kentucky, while, in New Mexico, older SNAP recipients with disabilities will get one-off extra benefits this month.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Originally designed as accessibility tools for users with disabilities, these APIs grant deep access, allowing AI to view and interact with any visible content.—
Vivian Toh,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Other criminals who commit violent acts are perhaps more at ease with their moral failings.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
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People working on Apple’s smart glasses remain concerned that its AI failings may undermine the new product.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
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While the dollar strengthened for the second day on Wednesday, Jefferies thinks the greenback could be in for an extended period of weakness.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
28 May 2025
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One weakness in Capture One's utility as a workflow solution has been its lack of sharing to established online photo venues, but there's a ray of light on this count.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Maybe the detriment to a New York team that opened the Eastern Conference Finals with a pair of losses at Madison Square Garden is overblown.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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All these different things to keep things from imploding, all these different things that have been the detriment to a lot of history...—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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But now that the game is in the wild, fans are finding the same faults, and as a percentage, their scores are even lower.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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But the latest test did not have the same fault, allowing fuel to be vented away from the engine safely and preventing the collapsing ship from exploding.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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“Defectiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defectiveness. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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