developmental
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He struggled to feed, failed to reach developmental milestones and, at just six months old, underwent surgery at Birmingham Children's Hospital to remove cataracts.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Researchers also found differences in the wax's fatty acids and chemical signals, suggesting that queen cells provide a unique developmental setting.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
A further developmental push is coming from automakers including BYD, XPeng and Li Auto, who have all expressed ambitions in robotics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Kids under the age of 10 with a high amount of daily screen time face significant developmental repercussions like irritability, a lack of executive functioning, poor sleep, and, critically, poor social and emotional competence.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Thus, the developmental sequence of uses for alphabetic writing was the reverse of that for the earlier systems of logograms and syllabaries.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
