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disadvantage

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


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Carney needs to "think hard about his next move," Fagan argued, and ensure any new countermeasures are chosen strategically while recognizing Canada "is always going to be at a disadvantage."

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

These associations remained after the researchers accounted for other factors that could have influenced the results, including childhood cognitive ability, education level and childhood disadvantage.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

Most people see renting as a disadvantage, Leung said, but “renting below our means allowed us to save a lot.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Such terms could prevent Meta from being put at a competitive disadvantage, though TikTok and YouTube may not be inclined to agree to Meta’s proposal since they haven’t been sued by many states.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Briony felt the disadvantage of being two years younger than the other girl, of having a full two years' refinement weigh against her, and now her play seemed a miserable, embarrassing thing.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

But financial advisers are starting to be more honest about owning’s disadvantages too.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 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

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

In response, Givan said it was about not taking a blanket approach, adding that "those struggling to make end meets" should not be disadvantaged because they work.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Much of her career was spent supporting children from disadvantaged backgrounds and encouraging them to believe in their own potential.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

He added, “An attitude at the negotiation table that Canada is a subsidiary of the United States, the Canadian industry is going to be disadvantaged relative to American industry…That’s not something we’re going to accept.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

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

Still, I continued to receive invitations to conferences to discuss the problems of the disadvantaged.

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

Ms Moore joins a growing list of headteachers who have spoken out about how school budgets are disadvantaging pupils from low income households.

From BBC Jan. 10, 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




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