research and development
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Savings will be primarily reinvested in research and development, but some will be used to improve profitability during the patent expiry period of GSK’s dolutegravir HIV drug from 2028 to 2030, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
"We remain focused on operational delivery, execution, and accelerating" research and development.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Kratsios said in a memo at the time that the campaigns were aimed to "systematically undermine American research and development and access proprietary information".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Already, for almost five decades before that 1994 accident, aerospace research and development firms at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site had been testing rocket engines for government projects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Yet instead of receiving recognition and gratitude, Los Alamos received “rather thinly veiled criticism” that it was not up to the job of weapons research and development.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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