developmentally
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She bought a special recipe book to make her own organic baby food and stocked the nursery with aesthetically pleasing, developmentally appropriate books and building blocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
"I believe that we have the opportunity to lead the nation, to establish comprehensive, developmentally grounded screen-time limits that puts students before screens," Melvoin said at a meeting on Tuesday.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
My brother, who has cerebral palsy and is developmentally disabled, is two years older than I am.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026
Under the standards for digital literacy and wellbeing, SOS states social media companies should provide “‘on-ramps’ for developmentally informed, age-appropriate use.”
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026
It doesn’t seem like this would be genetically or developmentally possible, but she was kind of cool in middle school.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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