detraction
Example Sentences
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For the Logan community the charter has long been an unwanted detraction from their efforts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
His relatively modest number of caps, in contrast to some of the other players in that World Cup winning side, is no detraction from his talent.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2022
“I wouldn’t go for a political speech, a detraction from the purpose of the day. And the purpose of the day is really all of us together celebrating the nation’s birthday. That’s why we go.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2019
The one detraction this season is that The Knick seems to be trying a little too hard to draw the parallels between modern New York and the one 114 years ago.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 16, 2015
In nearly all his prologues he defends himself against the malevolence and detraction of an old poet, 'malevolus vetus poeta,' whose name is said to have been Luscius Lavinius, or Lanuvinus.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
Vocabulary lists containing detraction
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Twelfth Night
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