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
Taal's attorneys called the development a free speech assault.
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Kanishka Singh, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Small parks and detention ponds would also be part of the development.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
This principle has driven the development of billion- and trillion-parameter transformer models that form the backbone of modern AI systems.
—Greg Licholai Md, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Kydd will join as co-founder, president, head of business development and International at Tastemade.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
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Kanishka Singh, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Small parks and detention ponds would also be part of the development.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
This principle has driven the development of billion- and trillion-parameter transformer models that form the backbone of modern AI systems.
—Greg Licholai Md, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Kydd will join as co-founder, president, head of business development and International at Tastemade.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for development
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Tariff timeline: Tracking the evolution of Donald Trump's trade war Trump says the ultimate fruits of tariffs will be worth the pain.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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This didn’t seem like a calculated pivot—but an organic evolution of brand identity.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The Positive Impact • Visibility: Knowing your presence early sets you apart as someone who has done the pre-work and is invested in the meeting’s outcome.—
Bala Sathyanarayanan,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The DeepMind team, led by company co-founder Shane Legg, categorized the negative AGI outcomes as misuse, misalignment, mistakes, and structural risks.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Mexican restaurant was given a yellow placard for mold-like growth and food being improperly thawed.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Small to medium-sized businesses are the backbone of the U.S. economy, driving growth while balancing ambitious goals with limited resources.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Instead, coffee goes stale, losing flavor as the weeks progress.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
23 Mar. 2025
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The Nations League final four was meant to provide a glimpse of the progress thus far under Pochettino, knowing that time with the players has been scarce.—
Paul Tenorio,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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The result was one of the most transformative kitchen appliances in history, not because of new technology but because someone recognized an everyday problem—slow, inefficient cooking—applied a seemingly unrelated observation, and created a solution.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Waiting until the time is right can improve the result and increase the longevity of your paint.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Mar. 2025
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All maturation happens in casks made from Caucasian oak—Yerevan’s casks are made from trees at least 70 years old—which imparts unique flavor properties to the aged liquid.—
David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The expert gardener also suggests opting for the largest-size plants that your budget will allow, as this will speed up the maturation rate of your beds.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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The centrepiece of this involved an expansion of the East Stand, adding 8,000 seats, which would be topped by a bubble-like roof.—
Tom Burrows,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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The new backstory between Peter (Alexander Molony) and Hook (Jude Law) represents the movie’s incomplete imagination, gesturing at an expansion of its source material without actually fleshing out those ideas.—
Staff Author,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Show how data from customers/employees contributes to product innovations; present plans for sharing resultant value. 2.—
James Felton Keith,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Finally, the resultant structure was coated in potassium hydroxide, which washes away less stable structures and leaves behind thousands of microscopic pores.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Development.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/development. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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