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Main Entry:
de·tract
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dih-
trakt
]
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dɪˈtrækt
/
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Example Sentences
Nothing should
detract
from your primary objective, which is driving the car safely and efficiently.
The incompatibility problem may confuse customers and could
detract
from the success of the new service.
Such handicaps necessarily
detract
from the rate of development, however.
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Nothing should
detract
from your primary objective, which is driving the car safely and efficiently.
The incompatibility problem may confuse customers and could
detract
from the success of the new service.
Such handicaps necessarily
detract
from the rate of development, however.
But the book is not so light as to distract or
detract
from the pertinent medical information contained therein.
In this lesson, students share opinions about the factors that contribute to or
detract
from their happiness.
They
detract
from the hip environment advertisers seek.
Well, these are ones that are fun to talk about, but that aren't so significant as to seriously
detract
from the movie's quality.
Not to mention the three huge logos at the bottom that
detract
from the rest of the cover.
As for privatization matters, they have been a successful red herring to
detract
attention away from the issues raised supra.
But this does not
detract
from his main point: oil has damaged the countries it comes from.
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