detriment
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Digital concentration means a more concentrated industry altogether, to the detriment of everyone in the industry ecosystem that’s not named PlayStation.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Elevated U.S. inflation pressures continue to “underpin the U.S. dollar to the detriment of the Australian dollar,” StoneX’s Matt Simpson says, citing U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
"They kept off sensitive topics and followed the script to show the world that they can manage their competition and can cooperate on issues that are of no detriment," he said.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
"These days though, and much to their detriment, the current crop of players appear wholly detached from the people in the stands."
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
But that name turned out to be a detriment rather than an asset to me.
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
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And what are the nutrition benefits — and, possible, detriments?
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
In an hourlong conversation, in a hotel somewhat more modest than Moscow’s Metropol, they discussed claustrophobia, facial hair and the benefits and detriments of working with a spouse.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
A founder of the Indian National Congress, he expressed the opinions of many middle-class Indians in 1871 when he wrote on the subject of the benefits and detriments of British rule of India.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
"The outcome for Dr Bronckaers is wholly justified, bearing in mind the detriments she has suffered that have not only affected her career, but her family and her financial situation," said John McShane.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2022
This proved to be one of the greatest detriments to the prosperity of the colony it ever met.
From Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West by Steward, Austin
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The Book Thief
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Britain's Finest Hour Speech - Winston Churchill (1940)
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