as in developments
the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced
the evolution of motion pictures from short, silent reels into a medium of mass entertainment and an art form
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Recent Examples of evolutions
Stone and Roszak have now worked together for almost 20 years and have been through a lot of hair evolutions together.
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Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2026
But in the six decades since that fateful night, the Queen City’s culinary landscape has undergone multiple evolutions, driven largely by a vast diversity of immigrants who have shaped the city.
—Max Kalnitz, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Jan. 2026
These linguistic evolutions have wide-reaching implications.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
The researchers showed that the more strongly the time evolutions were put into superposition, the larger the violation became.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2025
Palazzolo likes to think of this and all her works as living organisms that may spend several months in different evolutions.
—Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
That’s true of great technological evolutions, too.
—Nick Tzitzon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Swift’s signature hairstyles have gone through just as many evolutions as her music.
—Anneke Knot, Allure, 10 Oct. 2025
This is just one of the reasons why evolutions are rarely straightforward.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evolutions
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The county commissioners will hold a public hearing on the plan for Comanche Circle, and separately consider putting a temporary pause on these types of big developments.—
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Market watchers will be keeping an eye on the developments in Iran this week after widespread protests were met with a violent crackdown by the Iranian authorities.—
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And holding on a bit longer to see how Puma’s turnaround progresses could turn into a benefit because evidence of some green shoots could raise bids for the brand.—
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Dodge said as development progresses, the village will consider financing options to move forward with plans to abate traffic by extending Ravinia Avenue east to connect to 161st Street, potentially rerouting 25% of the intersection’s eastbound right and northbound left-turning traffic.—
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Kids were not randomly playing acoustic instruments, effortlessly hitting complex jazz chord progressions.—
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Noel’s songs of hope, friendship, and joy, combined with his ability to write gorgeously sad chord progressions and hymns as sung by his brother, are needed now more than ever.—
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As the United States established dominance on the world stage, the White House grounds changed dramatically, with major expansions to prevent overcrowding and afford the first family and their staff adequate office space on the maximum-security property.—
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Here’s a timeline of some of the city’s most significant announcements of corporate relocations and expansions in Plano.—
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“Evolutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evolutions. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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