retarded

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It retarded the progress after the Civil War by invalidating the civil rights acts and its invalidation of parts of the Voting Rights Act was fairly typical.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2022

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 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