detraction

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Recent Examples of detraction Many smart investors, among them, several of my colleagues, cannot warm up to these stocks because of such obvious detractions as the lack of new products, patent expirations, and price controls. Karen Firestone, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024 That means that the overriding security responsibility will be left in Israel's hands, and that's a detraction of sovereign powers. Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024 That the Rangers are the only team to not celebrate Pride Month wasn't a detraction, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said before the game. Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 17 July 2024 Another aspect of the process that Gilbert can expertly speak on is that with success comes detraction and criticism. Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for detraction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detraction
Noun
  • In an amusing touch for viewers who can recognize Baker and know his craft, his character is a grump who has nothing but criticism for the Halloween décor.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Lexington officials faced criticism after the April home explosion, as community members claimed the boy’s death could have been avoided if proper alerts were in place.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Last week, a filing in the defamation case against Powell also showed the parties seeking voluntary dismissal.
    Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2025
  • In a statement shared with The Guardian, a spokesperson for Ferguson said the duchess felt compelled to send the email after Epstein allegedly threatened to sue her for defamation over her comments to the Standard.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Fed’s achievements in stabilizing markets during the 2008 financial crisis and the Covid pandemic, and in bringing down inflation while avoiding recession in recent years, deserve praise rather than disparagement.
    Bill Dudley, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Patel had sought $10 million in damages on claims of defamation, injurious falsehood and business disparagement.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In a wide-ranging interview in Doha, two weeks after surviving an Israeli air-strike on a Hamas compound in the Qatari capital, Ghazi Hamad highlighted growing international condemnation of Israel’s offensive in Gaza and the spate of countries who have recognized Palestinian statehood.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The announcement and the administration's claims have drawn widespread condemnation from medical experts and researchers.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • By leasing GPUs to OpenAI, rather than requiring them to buy the chips outright, Nvidia is sparing OpenAI from having to take an accounting charge for the high depreciation rates on the chips, which will ultimately help OpenAI’s bottom line.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Gross profit margins expanded by 130 basis points and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization tallied 45 million euros.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, prosecutors argued that there was no evidence of abuse and that the murder was a premeditated effort to keep Doug from seeing their child.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Leaders covered up abuse The new report also addressed the issue of IHOPKC staffers and leaders who covered up the abuse.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The human costs of this are the increasing rates of illnesses and the financial costs of health care, lost productivity, and the compounding problems of further environmental denigration.
    Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Students should be encouraged to converse with their AI tutor without fear of ridicule for asking questions in class.
    Steve Grubbs, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • His congressional pawns could have passed a law outlawing ridicule of the president.
    Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Detraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detraction. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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