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development

[dih-vel-uhp-muhnt] / dɪˈvɛl əp mənt /




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Railroads were essential to the development of American industry — allowing the U.S. to surpass Europe about 130 years ago — by providing business access to markets and supplies.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Official readouts and state media reports have not said whether Xi and Kim discussed North Korea's nuclear weapons development, for which Pyongyang languishes under international sanctions.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Once, they swam in most streams of the Santa Monicas, but their numbers plummeted amid overfishing and coastal development.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Nuvalent has two experimental drugs for lung cancer in late-stage development, zidesamtinib and neladalkib.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Parks Canada is also taking advantage of another technological development called stereophotogrammetry, which produces pictures in pairs and then synthesizes hundreds of these pairings to produce extraordinarily clear images of whatever object is being studied.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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