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faulting

  • present participle
    of fault.
    fault
    noun
    a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing.

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Because SMRs form through the same type of faulting, moonquakes may also occur across the lunar maria wherever these ridges exist.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026

Blaming hip hop for these realities is like faulting a photograph for its subject matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

"We are faulting them for designing their platforms to addict kids and for developing algorithms that show kids not what they want to see but what they cannot look away from."

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

State officials alleged that Park Ventura residents wandered away without proper supervision, in two cases faulting Steve Krivitsky specifically for failing to observe changes in a resident who left the premises as a result.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025

The present outline of the eastern coast and the nearly enclosed seas which lie between the islands and the mainland, are attributed by Richthofen chiefly to simple faulting.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various