disadvantage
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“Maybe the business is already at a disadvantage and then they get into an MCA, which makes things even worse.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
He believes smaller family farms may have been at a disadvantage.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Despite the disadvantage, they are still able to take out some of the Gerans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The experiments revealed that the nightjar's broad wing tips, which likely help it maneuver during slow flight, become a disadvantage as the bird flies faster.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The Inca Empire also had a centralized political organization, but that actually worked to its disadvantage, because Pizarro seized the Inca chain of command intact by capturing Atahuallpa.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Other ways to control drones, such as mesh modem networks or mobile LTE networks, are more expensive than Starlink and come with other disadvantages, including communication lags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"Every method has its advantages and disadvantages, and we believe in a complementary implementation in the future," Kueppers said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The launch of Geely Automobile’s new AI-powered charging technology materially narrows one of Geely’s product disadvantages, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The growth of AI is happening at lightning pace, so what are the advantages and disadvantages of Scotland being at the forefront?
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Prudence consists in knowing how to recognize the nature of disadvantages, and how to choose the least sorry one as good.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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About half of the student body at Da Vinci Communications, the public charter school where Jackson still teaches, is economically disadvantaged, according to U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Despite investment over the past decade to boost the chances of pupils from these areas, "when you look at the breakdown by school, it's often the most disadvantaged schools that lack resources".
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Parents and teachers said consumer AI chatbots were fully unblocked for children on their school-issued devices starting last fall in the district, which serves mostly economically disadvantaged students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Welsh government said support for "disadvantaged children will be enhanced" as it expands its free childcare policy.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
They make the same mistake I made as a boy, when I thought a disadvantaged life was circumscribed by particular occupations.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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Dr Eleanor Drage, a senior researcher at the University of Cambridge, said concerns about AI disadvantaging women in recruitment are "very justified".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
He also argued that ranking applicants by SAT scores ends up disadvantaging high-achieving low-income, first-generation and underrepresented minorities.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
This arrangement allows students at the top of the curve to distinguish themselves, while not disadvantaging the majority of those who earn a “P.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
A Stellantis spokeswoman noted that the company has said it wants an agreement “that fairly rewards our workforce for their contribution to our success, without significantly disadvantaging Stellantis against our nonunion competitors.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Under the planned British law, the CMA will be able to tailor rules for tech companies that meet it threshold to stop them unfairly disadvantaging smaller businesses and consumers.
From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2023
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