collateral damage
noun
: injury inflicted on something other than an intended target
specifically
: civilian casualties of a military operation
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The show’s true question is more like: Who benefits from political violence, and who becomes its collateral damage?
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Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Overturning the current, dangerous power dynamic will take some work—we’re rapidly pushed to normalize a world in which AI companies simply put new and untested AI models into real-world systems, with regular people as the collateral damage.
—Rumman Chowdhury, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
The campaign promises that propelled Republican President-elect Donald Trump to a decisive victory last week over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, including huge tax cuts and tough anti-immigration measures, threaten collateral damage to the U.S. research enterprise, science advocates say.
—Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 12 Nov. 2024
The write-down brought into sharper focus the collateral damage of consumers’ shift from pay-TV subscriptions to streaming video platforms.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Overturning the current, dangerous power dynamic will take some work—we’re rapidly pushed to normalize a world in which AI companies simply put new and untested AI models into real-world systems, with regular people as the collateral damage.
—Rumman Chowdhury, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
The campaign promises that propelled Republican President-elect Donald Trump to a decisive victory last week over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, including huge tax cuts and tough anti-immigration measures, threaten collateral damage to the U.S. research enterprise, science advocates say.
—Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 12 Nov. 2024
The write-down brought into sharper focus the collateral damage of consumers’ shift from pay-TV subscriptions to streaming video platforms.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Collateral damage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collateral%20damage. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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