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detriment

[de-truh-muhnt] / ˈdɛ trə mənt /


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“I want to improve myself, but not at the detriment of others,” Cruise tells GQ.

From Salon Sep. 17, 2026

He’s still using it, these days much to his films’ detriment.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

This is particularly hard to swallow if there are children who have not treated a parent well or if a second spouse inherits the lion’s share of an estate, to the detriment of the children.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

All part of "a transaction that inflicted direct and concrete injury... to the detriment of Fifa as well as its 211 members", and was conducted under "a veil of secrecy".

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

But that name turned out to be a detriment rather than an asset to me.

From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper

And what are the nutrition benefits — and, possible, detriments?

From Salon Jan. 17, 2026

In an hourlong conversation, in a hotel somewhat more modest than Moscow’s Metropol, they discussed claustrophobia, facial hair and the benefits and detriments of working with a spouse.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2024

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

"Such experiences leave a trail of devastation for individuals and their teams and undermine the performance of our parliament to the nation's detriments," said Ms Jenkins, the report's author.

From BBC Nov. 30, 2021

He must, I think, himself have been a copyholder in his day, so feelingly does he deal with the detriments of a champion-holding.

From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Maurice Henry Hewlett




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