defection
Example Sentences
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Defection to solar has been so fast and uncontrolled that Pakistan’s energy utilities are struggling with falling sales.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Defection from the mainstream is preferable to assimilation, and if the proverbial desert does not promise deliverance, it inspires a particular attunement.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 23, 2019
April 26 The Morning Line: Eskendereya’s Defection The Derby once again loses an early favorite to injury.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2010
Defection would mean losing all of these sure advantages for a doubtful future in a strange country.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the fall of 1788 'The Defection of the Netherlands' was published and favorably received.
From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin
Vocabulary lists containing defection
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