has retarded
- present perfect of retard (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Or perhaps some mental fatigue has seized him, erecting an invisible wall that has retarded his progress.
From Golf Digest ● Jun. 15, 2018
This lack of shared prosperity and opportunity has retarded our social progress.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2014
Klarman says a bit of both: On balance, litigation has probably advanced the cause of gay marriage more than it has retarded it.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2013
More generally, economists differ on exactly how much the fall in housing prices has retarded the U.S. economy.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2012
Since Vieuxtemps there has been hardly one new passage written for the violin; and this has retarded the development of its technic.
From Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers by Martens, Frederick Herman
