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flaw

[flaw] / flɔ /


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It means you are a capitalist wallflower, a laggard with a serious character flaw.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Carmichael said he never claimed the gold was his and argued that the government "parading around gold bars is a flaw".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The Virginia Supreme Court decision pointed to a procedural flaw which turned on the definition of an “election.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

It was essentially a copy of bitcoin, but was intended to fix what its founders saw as a privacy flaw.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Groves blamed Lawrence personally for the delay, especially after learning that the Rad Lab had experienced a similar flaw with its cyclotron magnets and therefore should have anticipated the problems.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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