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Example sentences for: detriment

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(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.)
I haven't read the book, so I can't summarize his stance, but on one page he was complaining that students spent too much time interfacing via computer, to the detriment of face-to-face experience.
Schools are focusing their curricula on exams to the detriment of long-term learning.
Few, though, can match Santorum in the pursuit of political symbolism to the detriment of substance.
Larry is right to point out that the architecture of the Harvard system is more centralized (to its detriment) than the Chicago system.