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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defectiveness
Noun
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The American Kennel Club says that identifying the cause of visual and hearing impairments is key to determining appropriate care or treatment.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025 -
Tom Stenson, the group’s deputy legal director, told me that the organization has seen how the anti-camping laws have been hard on folks with physical or mental impairments, many of whom are older.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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As a parent of a neurodivergent child, Sieben advocates especially for other children and people with disabilities to experience the calming nature of horses.—
Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
10 May 2025
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But there is no fee to consolidate federal student loans or have your loans discharged through existing programs like Public Service Loan Forgiveness or disability discharge.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
9 May 2025
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If this story were a parable, our hero would likely suffer some ignoble end as punishment for his moral failings.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
13 May 2025
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In this newest cover-up, Clooney repeats his film’s original failing — its nostalgic salute to the power of electronic media suasion.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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With a newfound sense of self, Murderbot is forced to hide its disgust for human weakness and emotion.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
16 May 2025
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Proton Mail encourages you to save a recovery key in the form of a lengthy code and a QR code, but that recovery key itself now becomes a weakness.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Anne and Ginny’s is the sort of dynamic jagged and fluid enough to build a series around — just not this series, which, to its detriment, seems far more interested in watching Kate and Jack and Danny and Claude rehash the same old arguments with each other.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2025
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But maternal health - and social - systems have typically focused on and welcomed only the birthing person, to the exclusion of fathers and the detriment of both partners.—
Eva Epker,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Rand argues that the studios are at fault, and that giving them more taxpayer money is not the answer.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
14 May 2025
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The self-healing capability would enable the grid quickly to isolate and repair faults, reduce the time needed to restore power after outages, and prevent blackouts—reducing the impacts of energy disruptions.—
Deborah Wince-Smith,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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“Defectiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defectiveness. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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