detriments

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On Jan. 30, during an appearance before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Kennedy doubled down on the detriments of UPFs.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025

A founder of the Indian National Congress, he expressed the opinions of many middle-class Indians in 1871 when he wrote on the subject of the benefits and detriments of British rule of India.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

"The outcome for Dr Bronckaers is wholly justified, bearing in mind the detriments she has suffered that have not only affected her career, but her family and her financial situation," said John McShane.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2022

Lawmakers are increasingly threatening to regulate the company following revelations from a former employee about internal company research on the detriments of its products.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2021

In the former the employer is said to “cause” the slave to suffer these detriments, in the latter he is said to come by them.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)