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at the expense of

at the expense of
to the detriment of; sacrificing something else
Economic growth should not come at the expense of environmental protection.
From Lesson 10:Academic Collocations & Phrases·TOEFL Academic Vocabulary

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Economic growth should not come at the expense of environmental protection.

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