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evolution

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


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Roman’s expansive surveys will help scientists look at dark energy’s evolution with even more clarity, hopefully settling whether or not it’s constant.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Organisers Festival Republic say this will take the festival "firmly into its next evolution".

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

The newly recognized Late Mississippian fossil also provides a valuable snapshot of an intermediate stage in insect evolution.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

Researchers will now investigate whether Betelgeuse B could influence the future evolution of the red supergiant, including its eventual supernova explosion.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

The currency of evolution is neither hunger nor pain, but rather copies of DNA helixes.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

“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

Human history has no purpose or goal; but there are plenty of origins, foundations, evolutions and developments, and if you leave them out then you leave out any possibility of understanding change.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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