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How to use the word detrimental in a Sentence?

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Climate change is expected to be detrimental to Pacific salmon populations at every life stage, we know that the salmon need cold and clean freshwater for spawning and for growth, and that climate change and this megadrought have decreased water flows and increased river temperatures in a way that’s lethal for salmon.

Ben Enticknap

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I made clear that the presence of this surveillance balloon in US airspace is a clear violation of US sovereignty and international law, that it’s an irresponsible act and that the PRC (People’s Republic of China) decision to take this action on the eve of my planned visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions that we were prepared to have.

Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In my call today with Director Wang Yi, I made clear that the presence of this surveillance balloon in US airspace is a clear violation of US sovereignty and international law, that it’s an irresponsible act, and that the (People’s Republic of China) decision to take this action on the eve of my planned visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions that we were prepared to have.

Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In most cases we showed that as little as 7 to 10 minutes less MVPA( moderate to vigorous physical activity) was detrimental.

John Mitchell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Protectionism hinders competition and innovation and is detrimental to climate change mitigation.

Olaf Scholz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Ultimately, these two siblings belong together, we feel that a move at this point to break those bonds that have developed over time would be detrimental to her and ultimately be detrimental to our son.

Chad Brackeen

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Weight loss doesn't equal happiness, and it doesn't mean that you'll necessarily get healthy because how you go about losing weight can also be detrimental to your health.

Shana Minei Spence

Found on CNN
1 year ago

All of this contributed to the mental health of the officers, when they work their butts off to help keep the community safe, and their leaders, for lack of a better word, f--- them every time they turn around, it has a detrimental effect.

Dennis Farris

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I can't imagine turning your back on the organization that gave you the platform to be who you are, at the same time, I do understand a guy who doesn't think he can play well enough anymore going. But I just have a tough time. After playing the tour for so long, turning your back on an organization and actually being somewhat detrimental to it. But I get it. I get it. It's money.

Curtis Strange

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I ’d advise President Biden to highlight how Mexico’s involvement would be mutually beneficial to both countries, the volatility caused by the cartels on the Mexico side of the border will have long-term, detrimental impacts on the stability of Mexico as a country. Additionally, Mexico must do more to seal its southern border and stop making it so easy for migrants to travel through their country and to the U.S. southern border.

John Katko

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We want to make sure we’re not putting in a detrimental position Americans who still need our help, the one that people are really worried about is Medicaid.

Xavier Becerra

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You search for the right chemistry with any team, in football, it’s as important as any sport that there is. If that chemistry is off, if it isn’t there, it can be extremely detrimental and lower performance to a degree that is stunning and shocking.

Jim Irsay

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

With us being in the majority, that tolerance eroded a bit. It’s unfortunate, because I think in order for us as Democrats to hold the majority, you have to be able to win in seats like mine and in redder seats. That means you have to cut your members a little bit of leeway to vote their district, this march towards party unity is going to be detrimental to our ability to lead.

Stephanie Murphy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

But I was concentrating on taking care of the kids, and I thought it would just probably go [away]. You know if you try to answer everything that comes out then you’re constantly [responding], you’re wasting your time… Of course, it affects her, of course, it affects me. Misreading events is always detrimental… We’re an easy target, easily hit, because we’re in the public eye a lot.

Pascal Le

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

But I'm sorry, if you're watching cable news all day, right ? Getty Images's what you're gon na think, there is misinformation and not just on podcasts and the internet. It's also on cable news. I think the biggest thing to me about the Democrats is … the Democrats is supposed to be the party of the little guy … You know what the Democrats are now comfortable with, or seemingly comfortable with ? A two-tiered system in which the haves get to go into a restaurant, laugh with their friends for hours and the people serving them are masked and wearing gloves. Where they get to walk, as AOC did, at the Met Gala while in the background the staff looked like they were in' The Handmaid's Tale.' I mean, this is, this is a look that is unbelievably detrimental to them.

Bari Weiss

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think that many of us oppose the 1619 curriculum is that it is anti-American and it's based on a false narrative of American history. And I believe that it would be detrimental to young people if that was the only version of American history they receive.

Carol Swain

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

At almost every single point in our city's history, racism has taken a devastating toll on the health and well-being of our residents of color – especially those who are Black, without formally acknowledging this detrimental impact, we will never be able to move forward as a city and fully provide our communities with the resources they need to live happy and healthy lives.

Lori Lightfoot

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

President Biden has turned his back on Texans living along the border, and FEMA's refusal to declare a federal emergency at the border puts their health, safety, and property at risk, the State of Texas is appealing this detrimental decision by FEMA because the Biden Administration's refusal to solve the crisis at our border has led to a strain on local, state, and federal resources.

Wednesday Abbott

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If we break those promises, if we betray those and abandon those who served alongside us, people are going to remember that, not only those Afghans we betray, but also, in any potential future conflict, we are going to be looked at as a country that doesn’t keep our promises, that will cut and run, that will turn our backs on our allies, that will, frankly, be a country that can’t be trusted.I think that will be incredibly detrimental to our national security in the long term.

Peter Meijer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Embalming chemicals are designed to preserve remains, but they do that by breaking down the protein inside the body, so that there's nothing available for bacteria to consume. It does have a very detrimental effect in degrading the DNA.

Linzi Wilson-Wilde

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Joe Biden campaigned as a moderate but has ruled as a radical progressive, pursuing policies that are detrimental to our economy, border security, religious liberty, and jobs.

Eric Schmitt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Ilost two very good-paying jobs, destroyed because of NAFTA, we know how detrimental that bad policy can be. ... We want to protect our industries here in North Carolina.We want to protect manufacturing, farming. We want to make sure North Caroliniansare in charge of their destiny, not some outside entity.

Mark Robinson

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

(They) need to take into account different local realities and avoid blanket bans that can be detrimental to the wellbeing of children and endanger the survival of their families.

Alula Pankhurst

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I shall have no faith in Rama and Krishna who are believed to be incarnation of God nor shall I worship them. I thereby reject my old religion, Hinduism, which is detrimental to the prosperity of human kind and which discriminates between man and man and which treats me as inferior.

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

added by subodhchakranarayan1
3 years ago

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