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Recent Examples of developmental The Royals’ fireman reliever showed developmental traits as a hitter, but his career took a fateful detour in 2021. Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025 Amari Avery is the older sister at 21, a golf prodigy from the age of 4 who went on to play at USC and is currently playing professionally, working her way up on the Epson developmental tour. Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 9 July 2025 Dreyer has served as a developmental system unto himself. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025 Another recommendation: that judges, lawyers and jail staff complete a 40-hour course intended to teach strategies to de-escalate and resolve crisis situations involving individuals with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, and developmental and intellectual disabilities. Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for developmental
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experimental
Adjective
  • Participants were presented with a series of experimental questions along with two facial photographs, one of a bearded face and another of a non-bearded one.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
  • Fox performed his original music on keyboards with Solo Smith on bass and Myles Martin on drums at the intimate club Gesu, blending elements of experimental jazz and soul.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025

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“Developmental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/developmental. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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