play out
Let’s wait and see how the situation plays out.
Similar environmental differences played out in different ways on Polynesian islands.
split off
A few members split off and formed their own club.
Small groups of settlers split off from the original population and moved to other islands.
in that sequence
Wash the vegetables, cut them, and cook them in that sequence.
Food production, population growth, and political organization did not always develop in that sequence.
stem from
Many health problems stem from a lack of sleep.
Many differences among human societies stemmed from differences in geography and available resources.
bring forth
Years of research finally brought forth an effective treatment.
Fertile lands could bring forth enough food to support large, dense populations.
contemporary with A
Shakespeare was contemporary with Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Neanderthals were contemporary with early modern humans in parts of Eurasia.
term A B
Scientists term this process natural selection.
Diamond terms the rapid development of human creativity the Great Leap Forward.
what I have termed ~
This led to what I have termed the “second stage.”
This period marks what Diamond has termed the Great Leap Forward.
go + past participle
The milk went bad because it was left outside.
Many large animal species went extinct soon after humans reached the Americas.
Nine specimens catalogued.
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