How to pronounce detract
Listen to detract in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“detract” in real sentences
321 clips in the index · 50 American · 205 British · 4 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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detract from food production.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Or they detract from their recovery.
NIH · hear it here
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to that resilience or detract so i wouldn't really know and some people it will detract
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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detract from the judgments he got right.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
Why real speech
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