- present tense form of harm (3rd person singular).
harms
Example Sentences
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Internally, OpenAI executives said they found it difficult to contain the model’s potential harms, The Wall Street Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Outside one case in California this summer, protesters highlighted the names of young people they say died as a result of social media harms.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Those figures have influenced international discussions about both the benefits and possible harms of population-based breast cancer screening.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
It means holding developers accountable for preventable harms while preserving their ability to innovate.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
If we truly want to end violence in our communities, we must come to understand, as discussed in the final chapter, the ways in which mass incarceration increases—not decreases—violence and multiplies its harms.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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