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How to use the word stunted in a Sentence?

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If children living at altitude are, on average, more stunted than their peers at sea level, then a more significant effort to address high altitude stunting is needed.

Kalle Hirvonen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It doesn't change the fact that Germany is not getting a flagship bank that can compete on the world stage. It's still a stunted bank with a lot of problems.

David Hendler

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In northern Ghana, 30 percent of children under five are stunted or chronically malnourished, this not only affects their growth but also their educational development and economic potential, and consequently the future of the country.

World Food Programme

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Like many things associated with liver transplant, it is a bit of a balancing act, as her physician I want to do everything absolutely to keep her healthy and to try to make her growth normal and her labs as good as can possibly get them. But at the same time, the worse her labs are [and] the more stunted she is as far as her growth is, the higher her score.

Kathy Campbell

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Look at me! a hundred and five pounds, a grown man and no education. I may be mistaken, but I think the years I've put in the cotton mills stunted my growth. They kept me from getting any schooling. I had to stop school after third grade and now I need the education I didn't get.

Reuben Dagenhart

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's stunted our growth, we are survivors, we're tenacious, but our potential can't be realised as quickly as it otherwise could be.

Tindo Managing Director Adrian Ferraretto

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multi-party democracy.

Phil Robertson

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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