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detriment

noun as in disadvantage

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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.

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“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.

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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."

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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.

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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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