as in scars
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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Noun
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As the skin heals, scars develop in the form of stretch marks.—
Susan Bard,
Verywell Health,
23 Dec. 2024 -
For 25 years, the organization has transformed the scars of war into seeds of hope, working tirelessly to turn minefields into fertile farmland.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Every item on the platform has a free six-month warranty and is 100 percent MPB Approved, meaning product specialists thoroughly inspect and photograph each piece and document any imperfections before it’s listed.—
Keely Larson,
Outside Online,
7 Feb. 2025
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Made in collaboration with FormFantasma, each of the glass flacons is perfectly imperfect and meant to have bubbles and other things once considered by the industry to be imperfections.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2025
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Omitting such differences, however, can sometimes be decisive in invalidating the final evaluation, which can lead to systematic distortions in reasoning, influencing the resulting judgments and decisions.—
Cristian Randieri,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Unlike tariffs, alternative forms of taxation collect large amounts of revenue and impose few economic distortions—particularly forms of taxation that apply low tax rates to a large tax base.—
Chad P. Bown,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Defects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defects. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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