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
• The model minority myth has been exploited by both sides to the detriment of Asians like me.
  — Time, 18 July 2023
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• According to the lawsuit: Foxconn does not fully compensate hourly employees, instead the time clock rounds to the closest hour, to the detriment of the employee.
  — Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2023
• Season 41 was saved from falling out of the top 30 by a great cast that was held back by poor execution from production that went too overboard with the gimmicks to the detriment of showing off what makes or breaks the show: the cast.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2022
• The rise in fish deaths is a symptom of a larger problem, Rosenfield said: California diverts too much water from the delta, to the detriment of its ecological health.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• Of course, some might take issue with a portrait of the country as obsessively self-aggrandizing, often to the detriment of others.
  — Jon Sebastian Shifrin, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2024
• Still, there’s an echo, Fleming says, because both times, rates rose at a rapid pace over a relatively short period of time, to the detriment of buyers looking to break into the market.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
• That phrase is used to describe situations where an obvious truth is overlooked to the detriment of onlookers.
  — Jim Corbett, Forbes, 26 May 2022
• Smith argues that Meloche has changed his story, to the detriment of her client, because he was intimidated by police.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2024
• There’s no greater way to disconnect from your customer base than to focus solely on streamlining to the detriment of the customer relationship.
  — Tanya Dalton, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• That can be to the detriment of all students, especially in struggling communities where money is tight.
  — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024