substandard
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Gen. Rob Bonta’s office found substandard conditions including overcrowding, delays in medical care and poor quality food and drinking water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
He characterized wages for braceros as unconscionably low, the food substandard and the housing prison-like.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"We are here to ensure food is safe, food is not substandard, it is not misbranded and it is good for consumption."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Yet many repair shops end up with substandard counterfeit parts that risk exploding during a crash or not deploying at all, according to court documents and regulators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Morning Herald, sanctimonious as ever, editorialized: There is a proper course in protesting substandard housing, and Operation Breakthrough would have been well advised to have counseled the Edgemont Community Council to follow it.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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