develop from (someone or something)

To grow and change from someone or something into someone or something else. Thanks to her public speaking class, Alicia has developed from a painfully shy girl into a confident speaker. My craft business developed from a passion for knitting. Our romantic relationship actually developed from a close friendship in college.

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develop from (someone or something) into (someone or something)

To grow and change from one kind of person or thing into someone or something new or different. Thanks to her public speaking class, Alicia has developed from a painfully shy girl into a confident speaker. My craft business has developed from a passion for knitting into my full-time source of income. They're 13-year-old kids—I highly doubt this develops from puppy love into marriage one day.

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develop into (someone or something)

To grow and change from one kind of person or thing into someone or something new or different. Thanks to her public speaking class, Alicia has developed into a confident speaker. My passion for knitting has developed into my full-time source of income. Our close friendship in college eventually developed into a romantic relationship.

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develop into (someone or something) from (someone or something)

To grow and change from one kind of person or thing into someone or something new or different. It's wild that this fern developed into such a big plant from just a tiny little seed. I look back on old photos of Jeff, and I find it hard to believe that he developed into such a strong, athletic young man from the scrawny little boy he used to be. Thanks to her public speaking class, Alicia has developed into a confident speaker from a painfully shy girl.

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develop from someone or something (into someone or something)

and develop (from someone or something) into someone or something

to grow or evolve out of someone or something into someone or something else. Her interest in music developed from a childlike curiosity to a full-fledged professional career. The flower developed from a little knot of a bulb.

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Acquire our own "brains trust" to do the necessary research and to help develop strategies.

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Other factors included in determining these partners were their support to major aviation weapon systems, how they were organized nationally and internationally, and their willingness and ability to develop strategic relationships across their various divisions.

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As participants develop abilities to use authentic assessments and data gathering in ways involving student awareness of their own thinking, teacher reflections reveal an expanding understanding of how feedback can be harnessed and owned in the knowledge construction process.

A constructivist pathway to teacher leadership

To diffuse potentially fraught situations, Lopez, one of three founders of Advanced Public Safety, developed a suite of products which includes voice-enabled input, electronic ticketing, and GPS and mapping technology.

Masters of technology: these innovators combine inspiration with raw talent to create some of the world's most revolutionary technologies

To expand tours and develop new programs for seniors to participate in the performing arts.

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For this reason the Montreal Protocol obliged developed nations to cease halon production in 1994, and set a 2010 target date for the developing world.

Cloud banks: airlines save halon

ME did not subdivide, develop or improve any of its property.

Securing capital gains on development property

* Develop and investigate novel materials for processing equipment.

Nanotechnology for Forest Products, Part 2

"We developed our suspension module strategy in 2002 resulting in the release of several products since then.

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Develop Individual Control Matrix--Consultants develop a control matrix for each of the identified processes.

Lessons learned: COSO, COBiT and other emerging standards for SOX compliance

I like using this aid because it helps develop hand-eye coordination.

A drill program for winning baseball

To maximize efficient and effective retrieval of records for legal, business, and regulatory purposes, organizations must develop and implement taxonomies and metadata to complement text searching, provide multiple access points to information, and incorporate retention requirements.

Creating order out of chaos with taxonomies: the increasing volume of electronic records and the frequency with which those records change require the development and implementation of taxonomies--a classification system of topics or subject categories--to maximize efficient retrieval of records for legal, business, and regulatory purposes

In response to Army decisions during the 1980s to develop increasingly lethal platforms aided by automation, several automated command and control (C2) systems were developed to support various battlefield functional areas.

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Professional school counselors develop coping skills to avoid burnout.

Advocacy competencies for professional school counselors