How to Use defect in a Sentence

defect

1 of 2 noun
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  • She was born with a heart defect.
  • Vanity and pride were his two worst character defects.
  • They examine their products for defects.
  • The larger the lens, the greater the chance there will be a defect in it.
    — WIRED, 10 Mar. 2023
  • No huge defects, but just not quite good enough to make the list.
    — Chris Abell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Give a heads up about quirks and defects All homes (and homeowners) have quirks.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Check the mask for any damage, and use a new one if there are any defects like holes or broken pieces.
    — Taylyn Washington-Harmon, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Make sure screens in windows and doors are tight-fitting and free from defect.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Kendall is quite resilient in certain ways, and maybe some of that is sort of a mental defect.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2023
  • There was also an abdominal wall defect from the cord to the pelvic area.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Their homes had been rebuilt, only to give way to rot, mold and structural defects.
    — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2023
  • This defect, however, does not arise from flaws in the court’s design.
    — WSJ, 28 Feb. 2023
  • This genetic defect is only present in the cancer cells, and not in any other cells in the body.
    — Benjamin Leach, Verywell Health, 23 Aug. 2023
  • There’s also a $9 return fee for glasses that don’t have a defect.
    — Kelsey Kunik, Verywell Health, 6 Mar. 2024
  • That said, there is a huge and troubling AI defect that should give everyone pause.
    — Jeff Raikes, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The product is then inspected for any defects and a label is added.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC news, 11 Aug. 2023
  • For example, leaking pipes in the walls would be a latent defect.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But the lifetime warranting for parts and defects can’t be overlooked.
    — Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Small defects are also able to be identified with this test.
    — Alexandra Frost, Parents, 30 Oct. 2023
  • If smoke comes out of the ground when crews force a non-toxic vapor into sewer lines, there is a defect that needs to be repaired.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2023
  • The plane apparently has a defect that could cause an engine nacelle to break up.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2024
  • As of Thursday, 26 percent of the subway tracks had defects that required slow zones, according to the agency.
    — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The seat post was the fourth recall in recent years, following defects disclosed in bike pedals and both its treadmills.
    — Nick Turner, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • But Bridges had been born with a common genetic heart defect: aortic valve stenosis, a mutation of the valve in the heart’s main artery, the aorta.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Dennard testified that anencephaly is a fatal, severe defect for the fetus that poses a risk to the health of the mother as well.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 20 July 2023
  • The new findings may also shed light on a type of neural tube defect in embryos known as spina bifida.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Knocking out many of those genes in the flies either made the insects unviable or gave them various defects.
    — Hannah Seo, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • When paired with a sauce, these defects were less noticeable—but that means the overall dish worked in spite of, not because of, the underlying noodle.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The Good Friday Agreement, a quarter-century on, is showing its age — and its defects.
    — Amanda Ferguson, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Madelyn was born with a ventricular septal defect, a hole in her heart.
    — David Begnaud, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
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defect

2 of 2 verb
  • He defected to the West before the war began.
  • She defected from the conservative party.
  • The reporter defected to another TV network.
  • The Russian scholar defected in 1979.
  • The fields for this year's eight events are fluid as more players defect from the PGA Tour.
    — Tom D'angelo, USA TODAY, 1 July 2022
  • The non-phones suffered a blow when one of their troops defected to the other side.
    — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Hyeon-seo had defected from North Korea in the late ’90s.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
  • When the Games ended, the Hungarian Olympians had to make the choice: to return home or defect.
    — Lori Nickel, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Could the Big 12 persuade Arizona and Arizona State to defect?
    — Dallas News, 30 June 2022
  • The ball defected off the glove of second baseman Zack Short.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2023
  • The Cuban roster featured a mix of players who defected and are now in the majors and those who still live on the island.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The ex-Marine had defected to the Soviet Union in 1959 and wanted out.
    — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 26 May 2023
  • The man had also expressed a desire to defect to South Korea.
    — Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
  • That's one good way to defect if something novel is spreading there.
    — CBS News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Of course, that was before Bob found out the top of his league will defect to the SEC sometime in the next four years, much to the commissioner’s surprise and dismay.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Also, Bond Brand Loyalty found that non-redeemers were more than two times more likely to defect from a brand than those who redeemed in the past year.
    — Len Covello, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • The Burma Army soldiers who shot at them later defected.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The last time Picard saw her — at least on screen — was in season 7 when she was sent to infiltrate a resistance group known as the Maquis and ended up defecting.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • South Korea’s military said the official had wanted to defect and that the body had likely been lighted on fire over Covid-19 fears.
    — Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Companies listing across the pond YouGov isn’t alone to consider defecting across the Atlantic Ocean.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2023
  • To pull off a win, recall backers must hope a significant number of Democrats defect from Newsom and vote in favor of the recall.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2021
  • But even if some officers do defect, the Guard and paramilitary Basij force will most likely keep up the fight to preserve the ruling system.
    — Ben Hubbard, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2022
  • But even if some officers do defect, the Guards and paramilitary Basij force will most likely keep up the fight to preserve the ruling system.
    — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Once Eric Kendricks backed out of a verbal deal and defected to Dallas, the 49ers’ search for a starting-caliber linebacker led them elsewhere.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Russia, however, plans to defect from the ISS consortium by 2024.
    — Time, 31 Oct. 2022
  • CEOs like Zuckerberg are routinely pulled in to try to win over a key recruit or keep a researcher from defecting to a competitor.
    — Alex Heath, The Verge, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The plaintiffs are among those who subsequently managed to defect, fleeing to Japan or South Korea.
    — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Republicans claimed betrayal and threatened to defect from the House vote.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022
  • And some Norwegian politicians have said that encouraging soldiers like Mr. Medvedev to defect would weaken Russia’s army and hasten the end of the war.
    — Henrik Pryser Libell, New York Times, 28 May 2023
  • Colorado’s departure could potentially lessen the value of a media rights deal for the rest of the Pac-12, leading other members to defect too.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023

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