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as in harm
something that causes loss or pain
opponents of casino gambling claim that it is a detriment to society at large
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as in disadvantage
the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success
the requirement that runners wear shoes for the race worked to his detriment since he was used to running barefoot
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Recent Examples of detriment
What’s more, Demers doesn’t see Newsom’s California return address as necessarily a detriment.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
The same source suggested to The Athletic that Sanders' refusal to hire an agent to represent him in an official capacity acted as a detriment.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Anne and Ginny’s is the sort of dynamic jagged and fluid enough to build a series around — just not this series, which, to its detriment, seems far more interested in watching Kate and Jack and Danny and Claude rehash the same old arguments with each other.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
But maternal health - and social - systems have typically focused on and welcomed only the birthing person, to the exclusion of fathers and the detriment of both partners.
—Eva Epker, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
The same source suggested to The Athletic that Sanders' refusal to hire an agent to represent him in an official capacity acted as a detriment.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Anne and Ginny’s is the sort of dynamic jagged and fluid enough to build a series around — just not this series, which, to its detriment, seems far more interested in watching Kate and Jack and Danny and Claude rehash the same old arguments with each other.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
But maternal health - and social - systems have typically focused on and welcomed only the birthing person, to the exclusion of fathers and the detriment of both partners.
—Eva Epker, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detriment
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Critics, however, argue that Sundays are a day of recreation by many non-hunters who would be disturbed — or potentially put in harms way — if hunters were allowed to shoot on Sundays.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
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The unions argued that their members' harm builds every day that DOGE has access to sensitive, personally identifiable information at the Social Security Administration, and said Americans' right to privacy is at stake.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
6 June 2025
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Interestingly, the researchers also found that participants who faced greater social disadvantage, due to lower education, lower income, or identifying as an ethnic minority, experienced even greater improvements from performing micro-acts of joy.—
Paul McClure
June 14,
New Atlas,
14 June 2025
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If on-field results and the at-large selection process in the 5+11 model place the Big 12 at a regular disadvantage, fine.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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Thousands of residents became homeless as the aftermath caused between $13 billion to $20 billion in damages.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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The city submitted its initial damage assessments to the Office of Emergency Services in March.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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The effects of a private education system The World Bank reported in 2023 that 54% of adults in sub-Saharan Africa rank the issue of paying school fees higher than medical bills and other expenses.—
Rodney Muhumuza,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Families can order caskets and urns with next-day delivery, create obituaries with features like memory sharing, service details, and direct donations to charity or the bereaved family to help cover funeral expenses.—
Paul Klein,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Marcelo Mayer stepped into the void left at third base when Alex Bregman went down with a quad injury, making his major league debut, and has hit .222, with an OBP of less than .300.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Delfino Aguilar-Martinez, 51, of Mexico, was arrested Friday and had previously been charged and convicted with assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury, DHS said.—
Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
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“Detriment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detriment. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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