- present tense form of evolve (3rd person singular).
evolves
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By changing the surrounding environment, the jets can influence how a galaxy grows and evolves, including whether it continues creating stars or becomes quiescent.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Asked whether France could deploy Rafale jet fighters to help protect the site, Macron said it would depend on how the situation evolves, adding that some planes were already in the region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
There’s a reason in life for the way life evolves, and I think one of those is the unsaid, and the unsaid is a beautiful thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Culture evolves, she says, and practices can be diluted or corrupted and she is showing what has happened to this one.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
In the second stage a former animal pathogen evolves to the point where it does get transmitted directly between people and causes epidemics.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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