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disadvantage

[dis-uhd-van-tij, -vahn-] / ˌdɪs ədˈvæn tɪdʒ, -ˈvɑn- /


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Carney needs to "think hard about his next move," Fagan argued, and ensure any new countermeasures are chosen strategically while recognizing Canada "is always going to be at a disadvantage."

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

These associations remained after the researchers accounted for other factors that could have influenced the results, including childhood cognitive ability, education level and childhood disadvantage.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

Most people see renting as a disadvantage, Leung said, but “renting below our means allowed us to save a lot.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Centennial was at a severe disadvantage by not having two potential starters available on its offensive line because of injuries.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

Everyone kept glancing around at what the rest of the class was doing; this was both an advantage and a disadvantage of Potions, that it was hard to keep your work private.

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

Rather than carefully comparing the advantages and disadvantages of every available option, people may rely on memories of what they chose previously.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

Even with Europe’s disadvantages, experts said the region still has a solid foundation in biopharma and other industries such as engineering.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

It said the school leaned on how applicants answered “hardship” questions — which ask students how they overcame disadvantages — as a proxy for race.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

As for Mr. Ramaswamy, his advantages are also his disadvantages.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Aureliano understood the disadvantages of being in the opposition.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In a statement, he added that the name of the unit posed "obvious problems of definition" and "risks being deeply patronising, to equate being working class with being disadvantaged".

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

In Gamper's view, women should not be financially disadvantaged because of their anatomy or because they need cubicles for safety reasons, for example.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Cambridge said his hiring would help address underrepresentation of people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

While 72% of Year 6 children on average left school able to swim 25m in 2024-25, this drops to just 55% for schools with a higher proportion of disadvantaged children.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The University of Michigan law school, like many elite US educational institutions, uses a policy of affirmative action when it comes to applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

A unit of SpaceX is suing Apple for disadvantaging its AI app, and the company is now prototyping its own smartphone-like AI device.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

He also argued that ranking applicants by SAT scores ends up disadvantaging high-achieving low-income, first-generation and underrepresented minorities.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

Ms Moore joins a growing list of headteachers who have spoken out about how school budgets are disadvantaging pupils from low income households.

From BBC Jan. 10, 2024

A Stellantis spokeswoman noted that the company has said it wants an agreement “that fairly rewards our workforce for their contribution to our success, without significantly disadvantaging Stellantis against our nonunion competitors.”

From Seattle Times Oct. 5, 2023

Like the others, the White House version suggests numerous practices that developers and users of AI software should voluntarily follow to prevent the technology from unfairly disadvantaging people.

From Reuters Oct. 4, 2022




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