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evolution

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


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Subtitled “From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World,” the book explores the evolution and effects of the small markings that writers have used for more than four centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Mrnjavac and an international team examined genomes, protein structures and chemical reactions to investigate some of the earliest stages of microbial evolution, including the period before fully free-living cells existed.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

"As the nation's high street, Oxford Street is well placed to lead this evolution," McCulloch said.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The resulting sequence may reflect, at least in part, the order in which those reactions appeared during the earliest stages of biological evolution.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

As Kuhn rightly put it, ‘Scientific development is like Darwinian evolution, a process driven from behind rather than pulled toward some fixed goal towards which it grows ever closer.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

That raises an uncomfortable question: Are these rule changes thoughtful evolutions in index design, or reactive attempts to preserve competitiveness?

From MarketWatch Jun. 2, 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

They were to be taught some new evolutions.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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