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Recent Examples of embryonic
Some of that is owing simply to where these two teams are in their evolution, as Carolina has one of the deepest rosters in the NHL and Montreal is still only in the embryonic stages of what’s been a very impressive, quick-turn rebuild.
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James Mirtle,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
The oval artificial egg looks a bit like a tea infuser, with an open lid to observe embryonic development.
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Mike Snider,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
The glam factor, though, was still embryonic.
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Nick Scott,
Robb Report,
17 May 2026
In this embryonic North American colony, Grietje and Anthony Jansen van Salee (that is, Anthony Jansen from the Moroccan port of Salé), as he was now commonly known, or Anthony the Turk as some called him, were raucous to say the least.
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Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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James Mirtle,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
The oval artificial egg looks a bit like a tea infuser, with an open lid to observe embryonic development.
—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
The glam factor, though, was still embryonic.
—
Nick Scott,
Robb Report,
17 May 2026
In this embryonic North American colony, Grietje and Anthony Jansen van Salee (that is, Anthony Jansen from the Moroccan port of Salé), as he was now commonly known, or Anthony the Turk as some called him, were raucous to say the least.
—
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embryonic
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Diagnosed with an infant high-grade glioma, a rare and aggressive brain tumor, Hadley was treated by the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children's Hospital Colorado.
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Thorsen helped lead research for the CDC studying infant disabilities, according to prosecutors.
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Those positions included diagnostic evaluation specialists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, ARD managers, special program directors, elementary literacy directors, special education analysts and emergent bilingual teachers.
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The gradually emergent upstairs-downstairs theme was explored with more sophistication on The White Lotus.
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President Trump’s germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill.
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Vaccines combining slow release and follicle targeting of antigens increase germinal center B cell diversity and clonal expansion.
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In March, both Castro and de la Cruz announced that two teenage brothers — who were part of an award-winning mariachi band — and their parents had been released from ICE custody.
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In his way are his eternal rival Jonas Vingegaard, teenage French phenomenon Paul Seixas, 3,333km of tarmac, and over 54,000m of climbing.
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Earth-impacting shrapnel from those primordial upheavals may have helped seed our planet with the precursors for life, delivering water and organic compounds from the dark, icy depths of the outer solar system.
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At a time when the Earth was bare, when there were no vertebrates, no trees, no leaves, no flowering plants, and no plants with seeds, millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk.
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As adult influencers dominate online fashion culture, and tweens and teens see the same content as adults, there are fewer spaces for young people to develop styles of their own.
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While veterans jockey for new contracts during free agency, young players are getting their tryout opportunities with NBA summer league games beginning this week.
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Following the characters’ daily lives as tweens, the series shows us a much more vulnerable Angelica (Cheryl Chase), and a not-so-bald Tommy’s (Elizabeth Daily) imagination evolving into a budding filmmaking career.
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Brown secured Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour that week, solidifying his status as one of the game’s youngest and hottest budding stars.
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In 2008 the couple were secretly married, prosecutors claim, for health insurance purposes after David was fired from his church job for providing alcohol to underage members.
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Parents could be accused of neglectful supervision if an underage child is left at home unattended.
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“Embryonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embryonic. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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