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Discover LudwigThe phrase "arresting development" is not correct in English; it seems to be a mix-up of "arrested development." You can use "arrested development" to refer to a state of stagnation or lack of growth, often in a psychological or social context.
Example: "His refusal to take on adult responsibilities is a clear case of arrested development."
Alternatives: "stunted growth" or "emotional immaturity."
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He then hired GeesePeace to train volunteers in egg addling, a method of arresting development of the embryo by coating the eggs in corn oil.
This is why the syntax of that third sentence asks you immediately to read and then reread it – because of Woolf's investment in arresting development and, in lieu of sharing information, altering experience within the sentence.
Young believes the tubeworms' strategy of arresting development soon after the embryo forms "is absolutely unique in the animal kingdom".
These inferred temporal changes can form hypotheses as to how we can interfere rationally with developmental processes; e.g. arresting development in a given state by selectively knocking down transcription factors or targets at a given developmental stage.
Despite the ineffectiveness of the ORF2-specific oligonucleotide at arresting development, the fact that the effect caused by the other two types of oligonucleotides coincided with a significant decrease of the endogenous RT activity [ 31] suggests that FL-L1 transcripts are essential for the onset of embryogenesis.
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Arrested Development!
"Arrested Development," but only slightly.
Arrested development or something.
Call it arrested development.
Arrested Development was superb.
Arrested Development was a logical next step.
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