detract

"This combination can read as highly casual and youthful, which may unintentionally detract from giving you a credible and authoritative presence."

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Others worry internal conflicts detract from the union’s effectiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

It would detract from a key virtue of Eurobonds in a country’s financing mix: simplicity, for issuers and for investors.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Riley is mindful that his film’s more outré moments don’t detract from the underlying emotions he is trying to convey.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

“Nice of you to turn up, Potter, although you have evidently decided that the wearing of school robes would detract from your appearance.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Opting out of that challenge detracts from the drama and prevents fans from seeing the best performers in action.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025

And when you’re with other people, pocket the phone: Even its mere presence diverts attention and detracts from enjoyment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

That displacement makes it more challenging for service providers to locate the unsheltered person, address their needs and continue to build trust, which detracts from the goal of providing housing.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2024

None of it detracts from him arriving at my parents’ house on the Fourth of July with apple pie in hand to contribute to the family meal, bustling with a smile and drug-free.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

As Turner states, the idea that the “performing arts” must always be performed onstage to be valid detracts from their use to develop and explore the emotional, cognitive, social development and human potential.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The city’s price correction, along with a broader run-up in inventory in Texas, has detracted from Austin’s near-term appeal to builders, many of whom offer buyers incentives at the expense of their margins.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

The attention on Andrew has detracted from Charles’s proudest achievements and initiatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

Yamamoto’s season being shortened by injury to just 18 starts also detracted from that process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025

They said that it detracted from what Washington was trying to achieve and pursued a war of words rather than an end to the conflict.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

Though he was of average build, his cheeks had a plumpness to them; this, along with the eyelashes, detracted, he feared, from what he hoped was a distinguished profile.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Mr. Gallo’s design for this is evocative, but a backdrop depicting a cityscape looms behind it, detracting from the play’s intimacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

But regardless of how that comeback ends, Vonn isn’t worried about it detracting from what she’s already accomplished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

That desire to take up position in more dangerous areas does not appear to be detracting from Jesus' all-round game - certainly not against Palace.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2024

Red-carpet premieres were mostly without movie stars, detracting from some of the buzz that the largest film festival in North American typically generates.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2023

It has been possible to reduce considerably the number of these cases without, I think, detracting much from the value of the work for the purposes of the ordinary reader.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers