detrimental
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"AI can also have a detrimental impact on climate change from that angle," said Maria Joao Sousa, executive director of Climate Change AI, a nonprofit promoting the use of AI for climate action.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
“If playing a game can substitute for doing something that’s detrimental, 100%, that’s great. Go for it.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Its personal conduct policy states that “everyone who is a part of the league” must refrain from behavior detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in the NFL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
"Swapping him out won't change how the team is moving forward. If anything it will be detrimental."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
I got to keep them in the house, and that’s detrimental for young people.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
Vocabulary lists containing detrimental
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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