development
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The influx has provided companies like Mach the resources to spin up big manufacturing facilities and fund sleek marketing and business development operations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
A spokesman for Grenfell United, which represents some of the bereaved families and survivors, said the development was "an important step in a process that has already taken far too long".
From BBC • May 19, 2026
But human development and the wildfires we create have destroyed swaths of their habitat, and climate change is threatening to make much of what remains inhospitable.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
However, there is no sign that Chinese tech companies are buying them, as Beijing ramps up domestic chip development in a bid to challenge US dominance in the key sector.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Effects of music training on the child’s brain and cognitive development.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Vocabulary lists containing development
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 4
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