Example Sentences

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The narrator relates the de-evolution of her partner as he goes from man, to ape, to eventually a salamander.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022

“Planet” is the cruder science-fiction freak-out, but its vision of human de-evolution retains extraordinary power.

From New York Times • May 17, 2018

As the book moves methodically through rock’s often sordid history, patterns begin to develop, as the layers of rock star template are unpeeled, revealing both its evolution and eventual de-evolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2017

There's no use dreading the de-evolution anymore; it's already happening.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2011

Looking at everything that was going on in the world around us, we came to the conclusion that what we were observing was not evolution, but it was de-evolution.

From Time • Jun. 23, 2010