flagged

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While some of those were due to duplicate entries or deceased voters, many were also removed for “logical discrepancies” flagged by software such as too-large families or improbable age gaps between parents and children.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The couple, who live in Ellon and are also parents to three-year-old Heidi, had already had their luggage loaded onto the plane and it was only when boarding the plane that the problem was flagged.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

As of spring 2025, Homeland Security records show, the department had not corrected the training failures flagged in the audit years earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

On the company’s earnings call last week, the iPhone maker flagged supply-chain bottlenecks driven by the availability of advanced nodes used to produce AI chips.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

These mounds had been flagged as possible ruins for nearly a century but never excavated because they seemed to have no valuable gold or ceramic objects.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann