detrimental
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Orlando Ward, director of community affairs for VOA, said he wasn’t sure why the organization’s numbers were so high, but that helping people change detrimental behaviors “doesn’t happen overnight.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
France's public health watchdog last year said platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram were detrimental to adolescents, particularly girls, though it was not the sole reason for their declining mental health.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
“This, of course, could be detrimental, especially if applied in the wrong context.”
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
"Fake videos like these have a detrimental impact on people's trust in the verified information they see online and make it much harder to document real evidence," says Alimardani.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 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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