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In literature, the term "development" is employed in a broad and versatile manner to illustrate processes of change and growth across a wide array of contexts. It is used to denote physical transformations, such as the metamorphosis of anatomical structures in biological studies [1] or the gradual structural changes in organisms [2], while also capturing narrative progress where the evolution of events or characters unfolds over time [3, 4]. Beyond the realm of the physical, the word is applied to describe intellectual, emotional, and societal maturation—from the early stages of mimicry in writing [5] to complex theories of personal and moral enrichment in educational and philosophical texts [6, 7, 8]. This varied usage attests to the concept’s capacity to encapsulate both concrete and abstract shifts, thereby enriching the dialogue within diverse literary genres.
  1. In connection with the complete metamorphosis of the gill-arches we find a further development of the auscultory organs.
    — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
  2. In the Australian mammals, we see the process of diversification in an early and incomplete stage of development.
    — from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
  3. New characters may appear and old ones disappear at any stage of development, being inherited at a corresponding stage.
    — from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop
  4. Matters were in this state, when a new development quite drew our attention away from the original mystery.
    — from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
  5. It shows how much the gift of writing is, in the early stages of its development, the gift of mimicry.
    — from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
  6. In a third I shall show how hard it is to discriminate subjective from objective factors in Truth's development.
    — from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James
  7. Development according to nature, social efficiency, and culture or personal mental enrichment.
    — from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey
  8. 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

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