well-developed

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"Plants don't have a well-developed mechanism to excrete these drug compounds. They can't easily get rid of waste by peeing, like humans do," Sanchez said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

Thomas Juneau, a professor at the University of Ottawa, told AFP that "the system is resilient and it remains able to implement well-developed contingency plans".

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

He regrets that due to the destruction of her own letters, historians could not tell a well-developed story about her, unlike other wives of the Founding Fathers, like Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Dolley Madison.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

Though Osric seems to have Malfoy DNA at his heart, the rest of the cast is original and well-developed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

“With their well-developed sense of rhythm, these birds could easily learn poetic meter. In time, perhaps you might teach them to scratch out a sonnet.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood