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detriment
noun as in disadvantage
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak match
Example Sentences
But administration officials have defended their decision to shrink the bureau to a fraction of its size, arguing that the agency had engaged in the “weaponization” of consumer protection to the detriment of industry.
“I like Mike Johnson, he’s a nice man,” Greene said, but criticized him for “forcing” Congress to remain out of session to the detriment of Americans.
Bethan David, head of the Crown Prosecution Service's Counter Terrorism Division, said: "Phillips was brazen in his pursuit for financial gain, and unbothered about the potential detriment to his own country."
Nutritional physiology researcher Dr Freyja Haigh said they had not seen a detriment to Mr James' overall health from the fortnightly blood samples he sent to them.
Parliament on Thursday approved a reform to separate the training, careers and status of judges and prosecutors, whom right-leaning governments in Italy have long accused of colluding to the detriment of the defence.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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