as in beginning
the point at which something begins
the Internet was still in its nascency when she created her first website
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Recent Examples of nascency
Free transfers aren’t rare in the women’s game, even at the top, given the relative nascency of million-pound transfer fees and the historic short-term nature of deals.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
Given the nascency of the field, our ability to properly estimate emerging risks through model evaluations would notably benefit from coordinated efforts.
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Henry Papadatos,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
Unionization among Senate staff is a big milestone for organizers, but the movement is in its nascency.
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Julia Malleck,
Quartz,
8 Mar. 2023
The panelists discussed the concept of the metaverse, which is still in is nascency.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Nov. 2022
But by the 19th century, new technologies like the mechanized production of cloth and the nascency of synthetic dyes—which made the color black slightly cheaper to render—helped businessmen see dollar signs in death.
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Katie Thornton,
The Atlantic,
26 Sep. 2022
Microsoft does bring gaming to the table, where there’s opportunity and innovation but nascency.
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Forrester,
Forbes,
19 July 2022
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
Given the nascency of the field, our ability to properly estimate emerging risks through model evaluations would notably benefit from coordinated efforts.
—
Henry Papadatos,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
Unionization among Senate staff is a big milestone for organizers, but the movement is in its nascency.
—
Julia Malleck,
Quartz,
8 Mar. 2023
The panelists discussed the concept of the metaverse, which is still in is nascency.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Nov. 2022
But by the 19th century, new technologies like the mechanized production of cloth and the nascency of synthetic dyes—which made the color black slightly cheaper to render—helped businessmen see dollar signs in death.
—
Katie Thornton,
The Atlantic,
26 Sep. 2022
Microsoft does bring gaming to the table, where there’s opportunity and innovation but nascency.
—
Forrester,
Forbes,
19 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nascency
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Prior to the trial beginning, the judge agreed that questions about Brown’s felony conviction for his 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna would be barred from testimony.
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June was a frenetic month for the metro Atlanta restaurant scene, driven in part by a flurry of downtown openings timed to the beginning of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Successful deployment demands robust governance from inception, ensuring traceability and mitigating risks.
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Since its inception, competitors have struggled not only to string together all those corners but to maintain speed all the way to the 14,115-foot (4,302 m) summit.
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In the longest start of his career, Mize threw first-pitch strikes to 16 of 22 batters and struck out five of his final six.
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In his 17th start of the year, Imanaga recorded his first outing without surrendering a walk or home run.
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The institutions that would be wise to pay attention are not just the ones whose CEOs walk into hostile commencement halls.
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At Middle Tennessee State University, Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta was booed while talking about AI at the commencement ceremony for the school's college of media and entertainment, which is named after him, reported the Nashville Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network.
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People living in states already known to have high levels of lone star ticks were much more likely to have evidence that they’ve already been bitten by a tick and exposed to alpha-gal.
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The category leans heavy on alpha and beta hydroxy acids, the same actives doing the work on your face just packaged for bigger surface area.
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The three-year war erupted at the onset of the collapse of Yugoslavia, with Bosnia and Herzegovina becoming one of the first countries to declare its independence from the country in 1992.
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The abnormal heat has been driven by the onset of El Niño, a natural climate pattern characterized by unusually warm waters along the equatorial tropical Pacific Ocean.
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The approach was already working, even before any formal launch.
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During the demonstration, three trucks were aligned and mechanically connected to form a continuous launch platform.
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“Nascency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nascency. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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