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evolution

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


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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

“This is an evolution we are seeing unfolding now,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

“I view this as the evolution of political satire,” Curran said, referring to his AI videos, in an interview with the Washington Times.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

If either factor failed—if reproduction failed to produce variants or if heredity failed to transmit the variations—then nature would be mired in a ditch, the cogwheels of evolution jammed.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Market demand for large wide-bodies is real, and we’re looking at potential evolutions of the A350 to meet that demand,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Like any traditional TV operator, Paramount and CBS needed to seriously restrategize its approach to the drastic evolutions of the internet.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

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

From BBC Feb. 23, 2026

Afternoon, drilled: for two hours, the loading of the guns, and for another two, exercises in the fields, facings, wheelings, evolutions.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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