1
as in evolution
the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced
the development of an idea into a marketable product
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2
as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
a development that the writers of the law never anticipated or intended
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as in growth
the process of becoming mature
a tulip's development from a bulb into a flower
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Recent Examples of development
Miami needs to see tougher runs from Wright, and Ollie Gordon II needs to speed up his development as a rookie.
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Omar Kelly
august 15, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
The development will include a community mental health center with an onsite pharmacy.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Set to begin production by year-end, the development comes as the kingdom looks to ramp up gas production for domestic use in order to free up more crude oil for sale abroad.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Randy Tucker No matter how big or small, every development project must start somewhere, and Avondale residents now know where one of the newest developments coming to their neighborhood will begin.
—Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2025
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Omar Kelly
august 15, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
The development will include a community mental health center with an onsite pharmacy.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Set to begin production by year-end, the development comes as the kingdom looks to ramp up gas production for domestic use in order to free up more crude oil for sale abroad.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Randy Tucker No matter how big or small, every development project must start somewhere, and Avondale residents now know where one of the newest developments coming to their neighborhood will begin.
—Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for development
Noun
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To collect these works is to own a piece of cultural evolution.—
Benjamin Adams,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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At the heart of this evolution remains The Roots of Wisdom Apprenticeship, a two-year, four-semester program rooted in tradition.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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The attorney said that Ragan is relieved with the outcome of the case and wants to put the incident behind him.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
26 Aug. 2025
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The same year, other research teams identified productivity-enhancing outcomes for computer programmers who used Github’s Copilot, and for customer-support agents who were given access to proprietary A.I. tools.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And while viral growth inevitably flattens, James is confident in Stanley’s onwards trajectory.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Selgin dismisses arguments that strong and steady growth after the war reflected the stabilizing impact of a larger public sector, improvements in monetary policy, a robustly expanding global economy, and strict regulation that suppressed the risk of banking crises for a quarter of a century.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Currently, there is no data indicating the containment progress of the fire and its cause has yet to be determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Acting as connectors who drop into pockets, help progress play, and vacate the front line for wide or deeper runners to exploit.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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Padres relievers had the better game, but the Kershaw-Vásquez result was a two-run deficit.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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Though the intentions are aboveboard, the result is dismal and, frankly, disappointing.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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All of those bourbons spent at least half of those maturation periods in the traditional warehouses before moving into the limestone cellar where the temperature averages around 50 degrees.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
20 Aug. 2025
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Hopefully, another year of maturation and better pass protection will increase the frequency of those moments.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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As K-pop revs up its global expansion, one of the sleepers is the bubbly girl group STAYC, whose songs possess a fun-house exuberance (The Theatre at M.S.G.; Oct. 21).—
Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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The capital will also support geographic expansion.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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The resultant fertilized dire wolf eggs were implanted into and born by surrogate dog mothers, resulting in the successful resurrection of an Ice Age-era species.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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After cooling, the resultant solid was ground into powder to produce the final pigment.—
Jay Kakade
June 14,
New Atlas,
14 June 2025
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“Development.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/development. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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