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Recent Examples of developmental According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders, the disorder generally presents with a global developmental delay, moderate to severe intellectual disability, and seizures and progressive motor symptoms, amongst other things. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025 For children, exposure to enough lead for weeks to months could cause permanent damage to their central nervous system, resulting in learning disorders, developmental defects, and other long-term health problems, the federal agency added. Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025 The parents, who have two other children in addition to Graceyn, intentionally created the books to reach kids at different developmental stages. Essence, 26 Sep. 2025 Selling off a partial manuscript can prolong the timeline for the project because of all of the developmental work still to do. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for developmental
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Adjective
  • Formal equality was only achieved in 1971, when the Ministry of Justice authorized women to serve in external police duties, and the National Police Board ended the experimental program.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Each choice has reinforced her role as one of fashion’s most experimental footwear allies.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Kramer was brought into the yogurt shop murders case in late 2022 to be a part of the investigative team to sort through the evidence and find DNA.
    Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Daviscourt is an investigative reporter with the Post Millennial.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Developmental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/developmental. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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