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evolves

VERB

develop, progress

Synonyms

STRONGEST

derive emerge expand get grow mature unfold

STRONG

advance disclose educe elaborate enlarge excogitate increase obtain open result ripen

WEAK

work out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

leave lessen stop

STRONG

decrease diminish hide lose

WEAK

block halt

Example Sentences

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No one can predict how the current conflict evolves or how persistent the energy shock proves.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

"We already have a lot of holidaymakers in Greece right now, and we're looking forward to welcoming even more as the season evolves", she added.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Retirement is no longer a one-time, one-way exit, and contribution doesn’t peak once and decline — it evolves.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

These will be watched after the Bank of Canada recently kept its policy interest rate unchanged at 2.25%, and signaled the rate may stay close to that level if the economy evolves as forecast.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Among the slipperiest of all is AIDS, which evolves new antigens even as it sits within an individual patient, thereby eventually overwhelming his or her immune system.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond