How to Use to the detriment of in a Sentence

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• The casting, the costumes, the set design, the soundtrack—no beat was missed (maybe even to the detriment of the plot).
  — Riann Phillip, Vogue, 26 July 2023
• That trait has long been part of his game, sometimes to the detriment of his performance.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
• The new rollback sets the state even further behind, likely to the detriment of ratepayers statewide.
  — Cynthia Koehler, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
• Vince always had the last word there, often to the detriment of everyone beneath him.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
• Any attempt to link her brand with Clinton’s likely would have rebounded to the detriment of them both.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
• The model minority myth has been exploited by both sides to the detriment of Asians like me.
  — Time, 18 July 2023
• If the federal government tries to print away the pressure of debt, that will only be to the detriment of the American people.
  — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 20 June 2024
• State officials claim that the company knowingly deployed changes to keep kids on the site to the detriment of their well-being.
  — Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
• Then, of course, there were the fireworks when Kiffin pointed out Paul Finebaum continues to motivate Saban to the detriment of the other teams in the league.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 20 July 2023
• Since the late 1990s, Japanese governments have held the yen lower to the detriment of the economy’s ability to evolve.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• Such a sloppy approach will lead to hasty results and incorrect conclusions to the detriment of the entire field.
  — Jason Wright, Scientific American, 5 Dec. 2022
• The researcher, David Rhoades, who had a background in chemistry and zoology, found that the trees in the forest had changed the chemistry of their leaves, to the detriment of the caterpillars.
  — Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
• The city also made big strides in water conservation to the detriment of some nearby neighbors.
  — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
• Increasing the tax burden will tend to lower equity pay, to the detriment of workers.
  — Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.y. Wang, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022
• The humans behind tech platforms make countless decisions—big and small—about their products and tools that can act to the detriment of people who are not like them.
  — WIRED, 16 June 2023
• Consumers and designers alike are both contributors to the detriment of the planet.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 31 Oct. 2023
• Without this funding, many programs may be forced to shut down, leaving a void in our community to the detriment of our children.
  — Emily Rodrigues, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
• Netflix kind of invented this system of streaming and everyone else had to pile in, to the detriment of the previous system.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
• That experiment isn’t looking as great now, and that’s to the detriment of workers everywhere as well as those of us hungry to see some crazy idea become the next big thing.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2023
• Just about every aspect of this scandal is interpreted through the lens of gender, much to the detriment of the story’s other layers.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
• Holes is open about his preoccupation with his work, frequently to the detriment of his private life.
  — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
• The nature of these jobs forces couples to split their time, with the wife, most often, choosing to be on family duty at home (to the detriment of her career), and the husband leaning in at work.
  — Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
• But away from this convention city, Democrats have provided some drama of their own, likely to the detriment of President Biden.
  — Dan Balz, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
• Still, no description or report is the same as seeing things live on television – and some observers say that may have been to the detriment of the American people in this case.
  — Peter Grier, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2024
• This Turkey still sees itself as part of Europe, but not to the detriment of its other associations.
  — Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
• Richard Armitage stars as a man drawn into a 50 Shades of Grey-esque relationship with his son's girlfriend, much to the detriment of, well, everything.
  — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2023
• This works in tandem with the elements of the body meant to warp and deflect the energy of an impact rather than simply withstand it, often to the detriment of the occupants inside.
  — Alex Kalogiannis, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2023
• The Argentina international has the potential to return to action early April, while Shaw looks to be ruled out for the rest of the season – to the detriment of United’s left-hand side.
  — Liam Canning, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• The downside is a corporate culture that borders on fanaticism, with the occasional weaponization of principles to the detriment of people and groups with less power.
  — Amanda Loudin, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2024
• Suits of this sort will only undermine the U.S. private sector’s incentive to innovate aggressively, to the detriment of the American economy and American consumers.
  — Alden Abbott, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024