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Recent Examples of developmental Jackie and Shadow laid out larger sticks around the nest as as outer guardrails and training aids during their kid's wing developmental process, known as fledge. Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 3 June 2025 Kids are constantly bathed in emotions, and emotional modulation is one of their most important developmental tasks. Mathilde Ross, CNBC, 31 May 2025 Ratings for the last two College World Series have set new highs for ESPN and the college game is continuing to fill in the developmental gap left by minor-league contraction. Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 30 May 2025 Lead can harm the brain and nervous systems and lead to developmental problems like growth and speech. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for developmental
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experimental
Adjective
  • For example, my agency recently shot an experimental commercial for a carmaker that leveraged a hybrid approach to create alternate versions—one in snow and one in the desert.
    Dustin Callif, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • These experimental vaccines appear to provide slightly stronger protection against both variants.
    Alice Park, Time, 28 May 2025

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“Developmental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/developmental. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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