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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
Supergiant’s first-ever sequel is a celebration of its predecessor, a cornucopia of additions, evolutions, and maximalist fan service that still manages to tell its own worthy story — and plenty of it.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Ideas, challenges, evolutions—every day, month and year holds something new.
—Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The Sky Rover rooftop tent (RTT) clearly shares some DNA with the top floor of the Safari cruisin' Wingman but also brings a few changes, evolutions and additions.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
Ali Alkhafaji, chief AI and technology officer at Omnicom Precision Marketing Group, says the past year has felt like a front-row seat to one of the fastest evolutions in technology he’s ever witnessed.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
One of those evolutions within crypto space has been leveraged funds, which provide double or triple exposure to individual digital currencies, such as the Teucrium 2x Long Daily XRP ETF (XXRP), which provides double exposure to Ripple's XRP.
—Afshan Musani,meredith Mutter, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
Massachusetts taxpayers shouldn’t have had to ride out Healey’s policy evolutions.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
The Fragrance Bar will trace the scent’s different evolutions through eau de toilette, eau de parfum, parfum, eau forte and elixir.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Ideas, challenges, evolutions—every day, month and year holds something new.
—Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The Sky Rover rooftop tent (RTT) clearly shares some DNA with the top floor of the Safari cruisin' Wingman but also brings a few changes, evolutions and additions.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
Ali Alkhafaji, chief AI and technology officer at Omnicom Precision Marketing Group, says the past year has felt like a front-row seat to one of the fastest evolutions in technology he’s ever witnessed.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
One of those evolutions within crypto space has been leveraged funds, which provide double or triple exposure to individual digital currencies, such as the Teucrium 2x Long Daily XRP ETF (XXRP), which provides double exposure to Ripple's XRP.
—Afshan Musani,meredith Mutter, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
Massachusetts taxpayers shouldn’t have had to ride out Healey’s policy evolutions.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
The Fragrance Bar will trace the scent’s different evolutions through eau de toilette, eau de parfum, parfum, eau forte and elixir.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evolutions
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Of course, due to all of these developments, everyone finally knows that the man who kidnapped Sam and stole the dope is Robbie Pendergrast.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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The developments were revealed during the curtain call for Saturday Night Live‘s Season 51 premiere, which featured many of the same faces as the one for the Season 50 finale — including Bad Bunny front and center as host of the premiere after serving as musical guest at last season’s finale.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
5 Oct. 2025
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As the infectious beat progresses and Cameron's soothing vocals sing the words dedicated to her lover, fans see clips of David shirtless and leaning in to give her a kiss.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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As quantum computing progresses, quantum-resistant encryption will become increasingly important for protecting the sensitive information created by smart cities.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The aim at Anfield was always success but small progressions would have been accepted, considering Liverpool had been only the fourth-best team in the Premier League under his predecessor Gerard Houllier.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The protection gave Mahomes ample time to work through his progressions regularly, resulting in at least one reception for nine different pass-catchers.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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The forecast factors in expansions to Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, investments in AI development, and expected energy savings.—
Yu-Tzu Chiu,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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Other recent big-city brand expansions to Nashville include Pastis and Craig's.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Evolutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evolutions. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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