detriment
Example Sentences
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He also oversaw the deployment of money and teams into marginal constituencies, often to the detriment of senior Labour figures in safe seats.
From BBC
She accuses Meta and YouTube of knowingly designing addictive apps, to the detriment of her mental health.
From Barron's
He said the former MP's loss of his seat had been a "detriment to the life and times of Dewsbury".
From BBC
The report added that it has led to transfers at "prices that suit investors, rather than at fair values, to the detriment of trainer clubs".
From BBC
Last week, Panama's Supreme Court ruled that the concession was "unconstitutional" and found it had "a disproportionate bias in favor of the company" without "any justification" and to the "detriment of the State's treasury."
From Barron's
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