- 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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Last month, the 48-year-old shared that he’d been diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis, an incurable, difficult-to-detect condition that increases one’s likelihood of developing stomach cancer.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Shares of Novo Nordisk tumbled on Friday after the healthcare giant said that a drug it was developing to treat heart disease, kidney disease and inflammation failed in a late-stage trial.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Researchers are identifying the biological clues that reveal how well dogs are aging, and developing new ways to help them stay healthier longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa offers evidence that early crocodile relatives were already developing different feeding adaptations near the beginning of the "Age of Reptiles," during the late Triassic Period, 252 to 201 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
How were these gemmular instructions from a father and a mother applied to a developing fetus?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
