detrimental
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But he worries the project could be detrimental to businesses at the center of town, where the area went through a revival in recent decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Drinking a lower than recommended amount of fluids can have a detrimental health effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The human interaction, back-and-forth questions and follow-ups are essential to keep their stories authentic and anti-AI — a system that is proving to be detrimental to teaching writing skills.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Frequent sugar consumption is harmful for dental health and is also detrimental to cardiometabolic health when consumed in excess.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
This may seem surprising—not because spanking it self is necessarily detrimental but because, conventionally speaking, spanking is considered an unenlightened practice.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Vocabulary lists containing detrimental
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "D"
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This Week in Words: January 27 - February 2, 2018
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