retarded
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Based on some of the results, the team thinks microbes retarded the growth of inbreds, rather than giving the hybrids a special boost.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 29, 2021
Supreme Court ruled that states may not execute “mentally retarded offenders.”
From Slate ● May 22, 2020
In 2002, Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinion in a 6 to 3 decision that banned the death penalty for the mentally retarded.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2019
But millennials’ progress through life has been measurably retarded by the Great Recession, a two-track labor market in which many high-paying jobs require a college education and record levels of student debt.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2019
But we already saw in Chapter 10 that the north—south axes and ecological barriers within Africa and the Americas retarded the diffusion of crops and domestic animals.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
