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development area

British

noun

(in Britain) an area suffering from high unemployment and economic depression, because of the decline of its main industries, that is given government help to establish new industries

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Fraser aims to build out Citi’s global offerings to multi-national corporations, strengthen its big U.S. credit card business and develop private wealth management services around the world.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2021

Lives spring up and play out in the time it takes a Polaroid snapshot to develop, private and separate destinies all unite into a single truth.

From Time Magazine Archive

As legal right and privilege grow, as women develop private earnings, a consciousness of worth must arise.

From The Intelligence of Woman by George, Walter Lionel

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