Development and Passing

Development

Development noun - The act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced.

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Passing and development are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Passing" instead a noun "Development".

Passing noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.

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Development and passing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Development" instead a noun "Passing".

Nearby Words: pass, passage, passed, passable, passingly

actual	actual development	actual passing
constant	constant development	constant passing
massive	massive development	massive passing
great	great development	great passing
Other adjectives: excellent, early, later, eventual, different, said, recent, sudden.

Bernick is called "the lever" in passing, being eager to make investments in the railroads, development of infrastructure and so on.

Source: Theatre / The Pillars of Society
A similar development can be seen in the manga, and it is given a passing mention when he meets the alternate version of himself in which he remained a hikikomori through most of junior high as he notes that he wasn't at all so optimistic back then.

Source: Hikikomori
However, Development Hell and Candy's passing led to many changes before it was finally made.

Source: Film / Last Holiday

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