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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
develop .
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Examples
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Over time, the phrase develops a more general meaning for the dog: that the person they are about to meet is a friendly and non-threatening person even if they don’t happen to have a treat at the moment.
How to Speak Dog Stanley Coren 2000
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But I dunno I might say Paladin develops psychic abilties later down the line in the series.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Eren’s Review Forum 2009
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Every human being, with all the different cell types and tissues, develops from a single fertilised egg cell by means of repeated cell divisions.
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Presentation Speech 2009
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Kate tries to escape on a Zeppelin ride with her secret sugar daddy -- but people keep turning into zombies, forcing her to fight for her life, never mind the avalanche of trouble that develops from a few too many innocent lies.
Amelia Beamer is Serializing her Debut Zombie-Comedy-Romance Novel 'The Loving Dead' 2010
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Now it is well known that when someone is deprived of their senses they then find their other senses become more finely tuned, with smell and hearing becoming far more sensative as the brain develops these areas.
Extraordinary people - Dean du Plessis - The blind cricket commentator Norfolk Blogger 2009
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The reason for this was that the sort of logic reasoning and pattern-recognition skills that A-level Maths tests and develops is actually what underlies a lot of real professional software development.
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Their relationship develops from a barely discernable spark to blazing, bone-deep love and at the end, there's no question that these two men are completely right for each other.
Inaugral Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009
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It develops from the tissues that form the sympathetic nervous system (which controls body functions, such as heart rate and blood pressure, digestion and levels of certain hormones).
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As a male, the older I get (and the more the right side of my brain develops), the more I am attracted to short and fun games, and the less to long epic ones.
Women Audiences, Women Characters SVGL 2009
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Now it is well known that when someone is deprived of their senses they then find their other senses become more finely tuned, with smell and hearing becoming far more sensative as the brain develops these areas.
Archive 2009-08-01 Norfolk Blogger 2009
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