- present participle of develop.
developing
- changing adj.
- embryonic adj.
- emergent adj.
- green adj.
- growing adj.
- improving adj.
- increasing adj.
- infant/infantile adj.
- juvenile adj.
- living adj.
- maturing adj.
- ongoing adj.
- progressive adj.
- revolutionary adj.
- thriving adj.
- young adj.
- aging n.
- blossoming n.
- development n.
- efflorescence n.
- unfolding n.
Example Sentences
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On Monday, Microsoft AI became the latest major company to discuss limiting the models it is developing, as it published an outline document on what it called "humanist AI".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The accelerator will further create an open-source data set tracking housing policies and launch a competition to award $5 million to companies or nonprofits developing technology to simplify building homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Most of these stocks rely on AI developing at crazy speeds just to justify the current prices, let alone any growth.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
One researcher investigating AI’s effects on children has expressed concerns of “cognitive stunting” — critical thinking skills prohibited from developing, just as physical growth can be stymied by malnutrition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
He wore little spectacles, was developing a beard that never quite sprouted, and kept his long hair in a man bun on the top of his head.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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