disadvantage

Compared to other students, Rhian McCrory says they are at a "great disadvantage"

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

With this economic success, Ms. Kaushal says, has come a growing counternarrative that challenges “the constant refrain in the American media that associates Black individuals with disadvantage and crime.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

The station groups say the ability of tech companies such as Google and Netflix to reach every consumer in the U.S. puts them at a disadvantage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The government does measure the level of disadvantage in communities but Prof Ovenden-Hope says too much of that is done using measures that work for towns and cities, including transport.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

She timidly suggested that he was here at a flattering disadvantage, for she had heard all of the preachers, but he had not, for a very long time, eaten another woman’s cooking.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

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

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

Those disadvantages can ultimately affect both physical and mental health.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

We’re told that this too is to be attributed not to any biological shortcomings but to social disadvantages and limited opportunities.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

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

Advocates viewed Baker’s proposal as weaker on broadband access provisions too, including commitments to provide low-cost internet for disadvantaged residents and communities that lack service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

When at the age of 37 he was appointed as a professor at the University of Cambridge, the prestigious institution said that he would help “address the underrepresentation of people from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Academics would have violated their generation’s ideal of openness if they had said that their schools couldn’t accommodate disadvantaged Americans.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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

This arrangement allows students at the top of the curve to distinguish themselves, while not disadvantaging the majority of those who earn a “P.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

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

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

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