How to Use evolve in a Sentence

evolve

verb
  • Her company has evolved from a hobby into a thriving business.
  • Some flowers have evolved remarkable means of insect pollination.
  • The event that turns 65 this year has evolved … sort of.
    Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 July 2018
  • The faster it is deployed, the less time the virus has to evolve.
    Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2020
  • How did the look of the masks evolve over the course of production?
    Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2022
  • As the code words evolve, the goal posts move right along with them.
    Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2021
  • But the Catch-22 is that Paul and the rest of the guys’ voices have evolved and have changed.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • Xavier also had to evolve over the course of the season.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 5 May 2021
  • That culture needs to evolve and change to say the least.
    Allure, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The project seemed to evolve alongside the city itself.
    Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The neocortex is the newest part of the brain to evolve.
    Tim Childers, Popular Mechanics, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Did the big man have to evolve because of the way the game was being played?
    USA Today, 22 Apr. 2021
  • How has the concept of this cannabis cafe evolved over time?
    Grace Bukunmi, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Has the role changed at all or evolved during that process?
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2023
  • But over the last three years the menu has continued to evolve.
    Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Saru had to learn to shed his species' innate fear to evolve.
    Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The use of police dogs can evolve with the times by sticking with the jobs dogs do best.
    Dewitt Lacy, CNN, 28 May 2021
  • That's lost time in a non-election year for a new host to evolve their style.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • And in the ways that memes evolve, some go through a second stage of edits.
    Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 22 May 2018
  • How has your approach to business evolved over the years?
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2020
  • One of the strengths is that these measurements have not evolved.
    The Atlantic, 6 June 2018
  • All that’s clear is that the rooftop solar program needs to evolve.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • In some ways, the politics haven't evolved much since then.
    Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2020
  • The characters have evolved – not Beetlejuice, but the rest of us.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Yarbrough said the team’s plan will continue to evolve.
    Greg Luca, ExpressNews.com, 2 July 2020
  • But there’s a strong chance that humans did, in fact, evolve to raise kids this way.
    Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2022
  • As Texas continues to evolve, both parties will look to build on the lessons of the 2024 race.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But Lincoln did evolve, and that was part of his greatness.
    John Blake, CNN, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Since Roe v. Wade, rhetoric on both sides has been evolving.
    Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 22 July 2017
  • The case has drawn considerable industry attention given the rapidly evolving dynamics of pay-TV and the rise of streaming bundles.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024

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