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disadvantage

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


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The researchers say the scale of the demographic collapse has important implications for understanding intergenerational trauma, persistent disadvantage, and the development of policies that better support Indigenous communities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Retailers without the capital to invest heavily through a long period of troubleshooting are at a disadvantage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

This could be a disadvantage for Apple and something that limits the potential of its Siri voice assistant, Mohan argued.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Researchers found comparable declines in the associations involving premature birth and several measures of socioeconomic disadvantage.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Always putting her at a disadvantage somehow, and yet, now and then, surprising her, letting her peek through a door that always seemed to slam shut again before she could actually see inside.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

Are there tax advantages or disadvantages to leaving my assets directly to charities?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

In theory, natural selection might be expected to gradually remove traits that produce such disadvantages.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

As F1's smallest team, both in terms of personnel and budget, Haas have some natural disadvantages that are hard to overcome.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Zuckerberg also wrote that one of the U.S.’s current disadvantages in its race against China to develop superintelligent computer systems is the difficulty of building infrastructure stateside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

McNamara bluntly listed the disadvantages: “risk of escalation, casualties will be high, and may be a long war without victory.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Parents and teachers said consumer AI chatbots were fully unblocked for children on their school-issued devices starting last fall in the district, which serves mostly economically disadvantaged students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"We hope this issue can be addressed as soon as possible to ensure passengers are not disadvantaged."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Welsh government said support for "disadvantaged children will be enhanced" as it expands its free childcare policy.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Lyne, who went on to co-found venture-capital firm BBG, said there is still a sense that women building companies on their own are disadvantaged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

I wanted university presidents to encourage students to work to improve the condition of disadvantaged Americans.

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

Greer accused Brazil of disadvantaging American exports by offering lower tariffs to other trade partners.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

ANZ's three larger rivals have started considering lending without applying the 3% buffer, saying it is disadvantaging some borrowers.

From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 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


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