development
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Talking to reporters at an event on Monday, Trump said the prospect of a diplomatic breakthrough was “a very positive development, but we’ll see whether it amounts to anything.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Some 16% of Jersey's land mass is part of the national park and any development on it is strictly regulated.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Companies with excess cash can do things like hoard it, dole much of it out through shareholder returns, make acquisitions or invest in the business through areas like research and development.
From MarketWatch • 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
And yet she had been the first English battleship to have gunports and to mount complete batteries of siege artillery—a really key ship in the development process at a time of rapid technological change.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing development
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 4
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