disadvantage

The Department for Education said it was working to close the disadvantage gap by delivering opportunities for every child, including expanding government-funded childcare and extending eligibility for free school meals.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Evolution doesn’t necessarily eliminate structures unless they impose a strong disadvantage.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

Social Security-benefit rules favor married individuals and are a disadvantage for divorced, prematurely widowed and lifelong single older adults, according to a study in The Gerontologist, an academic journal focused on aging.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

The latest illustration came earlier in June when the U.S. stopped the export of artificial-intelligence company Anthropic’s latest large language models on national-security grounds, leaving business AI users in Europe at a competitive disadvantage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

I called to mind that the clerk had the same air of knowing something to everybody else’s disadvantage, as his master had.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Those disadvantages can ultimately affect both physical and mental health.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

U.K. steelmakers face structural disadvantages from global overcapacity, fierce price competition and high energy costs, while uncertainty over ownership has deterred investment and modernization, Sawicz says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

It is clear from recent balance sheets that qualifying for Europe's elite competition helps offset the financial disadvantages of a sub‑40,000‑capacity stadium and weaker commercial revenue than their so‑called 'big‑six' rivals.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

Yet another future president might have retraced a path toward more balanced economic or security policies once the disadvantages of trade wars or diplomatic and military isolation became obvious.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

They thought the idea was romantic but when they came to live there they realized the disadvantages and were only too glad to sell.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

Telecoms companies in South Africa, including those with foreign investment, are required to provide 30 percent equity to historically disadvantaged groups -- a policy created to mitigate the legacy of racial inequality left by apartheid.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

A dome team that makes the playoffs and has to play outdoors is suddenly disadvantaged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Women are also disadvantaged at the beginning of their careers, the report says.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Flying Start was originally aimed at disadvantaged areas but was gradually expanded to provide more childcare for two-year-olds.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

To improve the education of disadvantaged students requires social changes which educational institutions alone cannot make, of course.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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

Impetus director Steve Haines said: "We are concerned that the unintended consequence of this important intervention could end up disadvantaging the children who need it the most."

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2024

Under the planned British law, the CMA will be able to tailor rules for tech companies that meet it threshold to stop them unfairly disadvantaging smaller businesses and consumers.

From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2023

The NSA does train intelligence analysts on rules that prohibit the collection of intelligence for suppressing dissent or disadvantaging people based on their race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, and is reviewing ODNI’s recommendations.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022