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evolve

Definition for evolve

verb as in develop, progress

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More than 3 billion years ago, on an Earth entirely covered with water, photosynthesis first evolved in little ancient bacteria.

“As technology continues to advance, it is critical that our laws and practices evolve to meet the unique challenges of this era.”

Extremely sick patients like Patterson require bespoke phage cocktails that perfectly match their microbes, and may even need new phages as the bacteria evolve.

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Since the 1980s, Project 2025 asserted, Medicaid had “evolved into a cumbersome, complicated, and unaffordable burden on nearly every state.”

Desert beetles and lizards, for example, have evolved to develop surface structures that have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas and effectively capture moisture from the air.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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