developments

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The school board instead named an acting superintendent pending further developments.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The researchers say Tessera's outputs can be used to track the impact of new housing developments and other environmental changes on landscapes that could affect hedgehogs over time.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

But two developments last week should quickly disabuse you of that notion.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Visitors also encountered the phonograph and early mechanical fastening devices that foreshadowed later developments in clothing closures.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

That contrast between the immediate virtues of wheat and barley and the difficulties posed by teosinte may have been a significant factor in the differing developments of New World and Eurasian human societies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond