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Example sentences for: detriment

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Few, though, can match Santorum in the pursuit of political symbolism to the detriment of substance.
(Though some diehard libertarians will object that the prosperity is an illusion, because governments that have been empowered to make us more prosperous will inevitably abuse that power to our detriment.)
Having an obviously high opinion of yourself threatens and alarms both peers and superiors, often to your ultimate detriment.
The furor will be over long before the kids are able to understand it (the spotlight would only be harsher if they were older), and the subject itself would either come up or be repressed to everyone's detriment.
Coverage of political issues too often gels around easy, conflict-based poles, to the detriment of anyone's understanding.