developing world
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Oil and gas prices look to stay elevated under any endgame scenario, punishing importers in the developing world.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
He believed that the developing world simply had “too many people” and calculated that the earth’s population needed to be cut in half.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
The most celebrated example came two decades ago, when Indian firms helped slash the price of HIV antiretroviral drugs, dramatically expanding treatment across Africa and the developing world.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Some of the DFC’s largest projects, or those above $150,000, have included financing global vaccine procurement in poorer countries and lending to small and midsize businesses in the developing world.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
They were more like present-day privileged Western students trawling the developing world and writing blogs about how the world’s poorest people enabled them to broaden their horizons.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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