defects (from)

verb

present tense third-person singular of defect (from)
as in deserts
to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another soldiers defected from the rebel army en masse as the failure of their cause became apparent

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  1. deserts
  2. rejects
  3. abandons
Verb
  • The lowland deserts with cacti and catclaw brush are Gambel’s quail habitat.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026
  • And a $208 million Rural Health Transformation award now lets Arkansas confront the maternity care deserts the national conversation overlooks—because when the nearest delivery unit is an hour away, distance itself is a risk factor.
    — John Boozman, Time, 23 June 2026
Definition of deserts
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  • When a human accepts, rejects or overrides the agent, the organization can reconstruct why—not from a comment field that made sense to the person who wrote it, but from a structured record that holds its meaning after they're gone.
    — Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Israel rejects this, viewing the area as disputed rather than occupied.
    — Pesha Magid Reuters, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of rejects
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  • First, Verbruggen baits Joao Pedro, who abandons Olivier Boscagli.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The aircraft abandons the familiar tube-and-wing layout used by Boeing and Airbus.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of abandons
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