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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Even in small amounts, lead can retard development in children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It says that the company razed forests, polluted rivers, retarded crop growth and caused birth defects.
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Research from Harvard and United Nations organisations has shown that the cost of corruption includes retarded development and more inequalities.
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The implication is that Britain's economic performance is retarded by an anti-industrial culture.
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The inability to do so has retarded the progress of pallidotomy development for nearly 50 years.
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The process has retarded the kind of interdisciplinary research required by complex environmental and population issues.
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This process is called retarding and it adds an interesting dimension to the bread.