Sentence examples for former undermines from inspiring English sources

Insisting that science attempt the former undermines its ability to pursue the latter.

The underperformance of the former undermines the effort of the latter.

In your work, you juxtapose the personal (home movies/utterly banal photographs) and the epic/history -- the illogic of the former continually undermines, deflates the dominant corporate/historical narrative.

And to many, doing right by the former has undermined the latter.

Results indicated that among those higher in RCSE, communication with former partners undermined current relationship satisfaction and bolstered former relationship satisfaction, patterns not evident among those lower in RCSE.

In 1989, Mr. Terre'Blanche crashed a car into an Afrikaner monument late one night in the company of a female newspaper columnist and former model, undermining his credentials as the leader of a white crusade for civilized, Christian values.

It reflects an ignorance of what psychologists have known for decades - that intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation are two completely different things, and that the former is undermined by the latter".

In fact, the latter is meant to complement the former in undermining the ability of ISIS's enemies to harm its state structure.

"Muslim-Americans continue to face bigotry and hatred, but the NSA's former spying practices undermines our entire nation's progress towards greater inclusion.

In "Howling" he accuses the entertainment lawyer Allen Grubman and Tommy Mottola, his former protégé, of undermining him with Sony's Japanese owners.

But rather than revitalizing the chain, the deal contributed to its collapse, according to many former Charter officials, undermining patient care in the process.