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evolution

[ev-uh-loo-shuhn, ee-vuh-] / ˌɛv əˈlu ʃən, ˌi və- /


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“This evolution, it will never stop,” Walden added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

He loved the rudimentary males he found embedded in the females of one particular species—precisely the kind of weird transitional form his theory of evolution would depend upon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

You can almost track the evolution of digital advertising by job titles, from the “heads of interactive advertising” and “e-marketing specialists,” through the digital prophet era to the engineers of today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Isaac Butler analyzes Pattinson’s evolution from teen heartthrob to oddball star.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

The terrifying economy of evolution had again produced the most elegant solution to gene regulation.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“We are very much focused on making sure these new technology evolutions can also be supported and powered by our rails, not necessarily the card rails, but any type of rails,” Lambert told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● May 25, 2026

But having a bot read a transcript and identify the relevant sections for me to verify is a massive time-saver, one of my favorite technological evolutions of any product I’ve used in my career.

From Slate ● May 24, 2026

“It took about 30 years for computer vision technology to mature. I think we are at the beginning of those evolutions in smell data.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

But philosophy and plans, even if evolutions rather than revolutions, take time to bed in.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026

He honesdy believed that the grenadiers and light infantry were merely going to be taught ‘new evolutions.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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