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The word “developing” in literature is used in a remarkably wide range of contexts to denote a process of gradual change or maturation. In some works it signifies the unfolding of a system or idea, as seen in texts discussing the evolution of social systems or inventions ([1], [2], [3]). In other cases it refers to character growth or the gradual emergence of traits, whether in a human personality ([4], [5], [6]) or even in abstract artistic creations ([7], [8]). At times, “developing” is applied to strategies and tactical moves, such as in chess where the term captures the ongoing process of positioning pieces ([9], [10], [11]). Literary and philosophical discussions also employ the term to illustrate the incremental emergence of intellectual or cultural phenomena—from cultivating reason in education ([12], [13], [14]) to the progression of natural and biological processes ([15], [16], [17]). Across these examples, “developing” is consistently portrayed not as a static state but as an unfolding progression toward a more advanced or completed form, inviting readers to consider growth as an inherent part of both human experience and broader natural or conceptual phenomena.
  1. This document, in which the subdivision of the whole clan is detailed, materially aided me in developing the system [172].
    — from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 by James Tod
  2. It is superfluous to point out the immense effect of those inventions in extending civilization and developing the resources of that vast continent.
    — from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville
  3. Test data provided by this model would have assisted engineers in developing the full-scale spacecraft.
    — from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
  4. Surely she cannot mean—" "Jane," I said, "is developing character.
    — from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells
  5. White Fang grew stronger, heavier, and more compact, while his character was developing along the lines laid down by his heredity and his environment.
    — from White Fang by Jack London
  6. "Dora is so womanly and helpful, and Davy is developing into a very smart boy.
    — from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery
  7. In fact, having once established connected and legible characters, I scarcely gave a thought to the mere difficulty of developing their import.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe
  8. But Criticism is always moving on, and the critic is always developing.
    — from Intentions by Oscar Wilde
  9. 13. P - K 4 B - Kt 2 14. K R - K 1 K R - Q 1 The developing stage can now be said to be complete on both sides.
    — from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca
  10. This developing move at the same time defends the King's Pawn.
    — from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca
  11. The text move is in the nature of an ordinary developing move, and as it violates no principle it cannot be bad.
    — from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca
  12. In like manner we may, by developing the Life of Reason, come to understand its conditions.
    — from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana
  13. By developing his individuality, we have kept his growing susceptibilities in check; we have controlled it by cultivating his reason.
    — from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  14. Our net conclusion is that life is development, and that developing, growing, is life.
    — from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey
  15. They have a simple cutaneous muscular layer, developing from the mesoderm.
    — from Paradise Lost by John Milton
  16. 15 Ausset reports a definite case of scurvy developing in a baby nine months old, which had received buttermilk almost since birth.
    — from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess
  17. The flower stalk rises through the center developing a drooping spike, the flowers in short rows in the axils of its large purplish bracts.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera

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