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verb

evolve

CEFR B2

to develop gradually over time, or to work something out by stages

In a sentence

Six example sentences with evolve, each labelled with its topic.

  • The two founders evolved a pricing model over six months of customer calls, discarding four earlier versions along the way.

    Startups

  • The lab evolved a cheaper staining procedure by testing dyes for a year until one held its color overnight.

    Science

  • Over three tours the quartet evolved an arrangement that let the cello carry the melody nobody had written down.

    Music

  • The offense evolved over the season from a slow post-up scheme into a five-out attack built on passing.

    Basketball

  • The doctrine of privacy evolved through dozens of rulings, each extending it a little further than the last.

    Law

  • The family recipe evolved over three generations, gaining chilies from one grandmother and losing the lard from another.

    Cooking

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