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• v  take away a part from; diminish
  His bad manners detract from his good character

• Just because it isn't the God that many of us believe in does not detract from the sincerity or power of his faith.
• The Reichstag contrivance does not detract from the thousands of striking black-and-white pictures the Ukrainian-born Khaldei recorded on the front lines, a couple hundred of which .
• A few dumb gags about ROTC thugs and big breasts do not detract from the film's scabrous assaults on undergraduate caste systems, sanctimonious preppies and liberal pieties.

• take away

News & Articles

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• HIGHTSTOWN: Brenya reaches MOC
  Jude Brenya couldn’t reach his goal at the Meet of Champions Wednesday night, but it still could not detract from an outstanding shot put season and career for the Hightstown High senior. Brenya reached the Meet of Champions at South Plainfield last Saturday by throwing a 51-4.50 in the NJSIAA Group III meet, good for fifth place.
  June 13, 2013 - Windsor-Hights Herald
• Does MLB Need to Impose Harsher Penalties for On-Field Brawls?
  Major League Baseball has an issue that it needs to find a way to curtail quickly. No, we are not talking about anything involving performance-enhancing drugs.  Watching the brawl that broke out between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night, it became abundantly clear that it is time for the league to find a way to detract from these kinds of brawls in the future.  It ...
  June 12, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Quotes

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• Brad Childress in FOXSports.com
  It was a rare and unique opportunity to consider adding not only a future Hall of Fame quarterback but one that is very familiar with our system and division,Childress said in a statement. "That does not detract from the team that we have....
• Abraham Lincoln in WeHo News
  As Abraham Lincoln said at Gettysburg, the brave "have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract."
• Kobe Bryant in Forbes
  I understand the interest in the situation, and when the time is right, I'll be more than glad to address those questions,Bryant said. "Right now we have a lot to accomplish here with this team and I don't want to detract from that or be a...