DEVELOPMENTS Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

developments

noun

plural of development

as in evolutions

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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as in outcomes

a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause a development that the writers of the law never anticipated or intended

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Recent Examples of developments At the same time, the Mission was a West Coast outpost for new developments in Latin music, and the young guitarist was a sponge. —

Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 10 May 2026 Ann and Anna Jarvis both recognized how family life is deeply affected by and intertwined with forces and developments outside the home. —

Rachel F. Seidman, Time, 10 May 2026 Given these developments in Armenia and Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation will hope that the upcoming CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils meeting on May 26 will help ease tensions within the organization. —

Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026 And with data centers drawing the ire of communities from coast to coast, real estate professionals are paying close attention to the developments, but have their own reservations about how residential communities will react. —

Kevin Williams, CNBC, 9 May 2026 In the past couple of years, Indiana has seen about 60 data center companies come to the state with little local government rules about the developments, according to data from the Citizens Action Coalition. —

Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026 Democrats suffered a major setback and Republicans continued to reshape voting maps their way in a frantic week of developments prompted by court rulings. —

Larry Kaplow, NPR, 9 May 2026 Korn discusses tourism on the west side of the state and new developments, including the Acrisure Amphitheater, a 12,000-seat outdoor venue in downtown Grand Rapids. —

Carol Cain, CBS News, 8 May 2026 By the eighteenth century, developments in military technology and state organization had made wars punishingly expensive. —

Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

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Noun

Rafael Nadal, the king of clay, started digging that stereotype’s grave with his evolutions to the sport.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
New media encompasses the rapid and continual evolutions in media that have created new textual experiences, new ways of representing the world, and new relationships between subjects and media technologies.

— Kirstin Pellizzaro, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026