How to Use research and development in a Sentence

research and development

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  • The research and development for these drugs took a very long time.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The new orange and green hues are the result of much research and development.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
  • There are so many devices out there in research and development and in labs.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Their brews would take two to three weeks at a time, culminating in two years of research and development.
    — Byjasmine Li, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The golfing public sees the end result, with no idea of the massive amount of research and development that takes place before the first tee is placed into the ground.
    — Candace Oehler, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Clearly the research and development around products like this cost a lot of money.
    — WIRED, 21 Sep. 2023
  • According to Pfizer, the funds pay for the vaccine doses but were not used toward the research and development of the vaccine.
    — Geetika Gupta, Verywell Health, 15 Mar. 2023
  • This is due in part to a lack of investment in research and development and the absence of a process to recruit and retain the brightest minds from the global talent pool.
    — Robert Morcos, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The results of the more profound work on research and development and drug discovery should follow soon after.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 29 May 2024
  • Many of the workers said the project could distract from the research and development focus that had long helped TSMC outmaneuver rivals.
    — Paul Mozur, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Spending on drug research and development was almost $5 billion last year and will rise this year, Novo said.
    — Madison Muller, Fortune Europe, 28 Mar. 2024
  • And by the way, taxpayers of this country spent $45 billion a year through the NIH to help with that research and development, including Moderna and the vaccine.
    — CBS News, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Getting them back on the job motivated the research and development process.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
  • In the meantime, Huawei has seen a decline in revenue and shifted money toward more research and development.
    — Bashar Malkawi, The Conversation, 21 July 2023
  • The seeds contained the DNA for some of the most elite traits in agriculture—traits worth millions of dollars, representing nearly a decade of research and development.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2019
  • Hurtigruten will spend the next two years doing research and development, followed by other preparations, and plans to start building the ship around 2027.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • Companies now control the lion’s share of funding for tech and science research and development in the United States.
    — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In the past, companies were able to deduct 100% of research and development expenses from their taxable income.
    — Mae Anderson, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Israel has long been considered a global leader in the research and development of the cannabis industry.
    — Theara Coleman, theweek, 14 Jan. 2024
  • In addition to the Child Tax Credit, the bill would enhance the research and development tax credit and allow for more money to go to affordable housing.
    — Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Guthrie also had a degree in physics from the University of Michigan and had worked as a research and development engineer.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2024
  • Hancock, at the helm of the laboratory since 2021, spoke proudly of the research and development conducted by SDL.
    — Jeff Parrott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The Earthshot honor has enabled the business to expand its team and invest in machinery for research and development.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Mondelez last May opened a research and development center in New Jersey that cost almost $50 million.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
  • But Walt Disney Imagineering, the research and development arm of Disney, had other ideas in mind.
    — Kelyn Soong, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024
  • And if nuclear fusion ever transitions from the research and development stage to practical, real-world use, San Diego will be in the middle of it.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Jodi Russell, vice president of research and development for Clorox cleaning, is part of the team aiming to halve new plastic and fiber packaging by 2030.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Unilever declined to disclose the effort’s overall cost, saying the project has by and large been baked into existing research and development budgets.
    — Katie Deighton, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Businesses invest more in research and development of new technologies than governments and academia.
    — Pekka Lundmark, Fortune Europe, 16 July 2024
  • Businesses now face penalties for investment in equipment and research and development (R&D).
    — Alex Muresianu, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024

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