as in initial
beginning to come into existence
one of the leading figures in the nascent civil-rights movement
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Recent Examples of nascent
For Isaia, the right way is to offer the nascent collection in its own stores only and not wholesale it.
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Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
There’s a huge reliance on cloud gaming for marketing its brand, which is still a nascent, tiny part of the overall games market.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Together, these vehicles are laying the groundwork for a nascent lunar economy.
—Saurav Shroff, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2025
An artist and activist with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Rotolo encouraged Dylan’s support for the nascent civil rights movement.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
There’s a huge reliance on cloud gaming for marketing its brand, which is still a nascent, tiny part of the overall games market.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Together, these vehicles are laying the groundwork for a nascent lunar economy.
—Saurav Shroff, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2025
An artist and activist with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Rotolo encouraged Dylan’s support for the nascent civil rights movement.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nascent
Adjective
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This initial impulse or élan vital is then guided by the fairies Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid and her sister, Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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The initial report from the Senior Bowl is also derived from the in-person meetings that players are allowed to have with teams.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2025
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The subsequent lawsuit, filed by another Jane Doe, who appears to be a friend of the first victim, accused Combs of drugging and taking advantage of her at the same Trump Hotel penthouse.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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One of those late landscapes, Mountain Landscape in Bohemia (ca. 1830), seems at first glance not to feature a single human at all, just puffy clouds, dusky peaks, and endless blades of grass that appear to sway in the wind.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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As fine arts funding withers across sectors and Hollywood budgets shrink while studios retreat from local productions, workers are still recovering from lengthy strikes and the incipient threat of artificial intelligence.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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As the past four should have proved conclusively, clinging desperately to long dead norms and procedures in the face of incipient authoritarianism isn't the answer.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
6 Dec. 2024
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That surprising move not only dashed Storm's dreams of winning millions of dollars, but also cut short his budding showmance with Maria-Grace Cook.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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But, inside a federal courthouse in Brooklyn this week, the focus wasn’t squarely on Anthony’s legendary basketball career that spanned 19 seasons in the NBA, or even his budding post-retirement exploits.—
Melanie Anzidei,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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In life, Nichols had been diminished to an abstraction, a target for the inchoate rage of men who were, at least nominally, part of his own community.—
Jelani Cobb,
The New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2023
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Williams and his admirers were certainly right to point out the inchoate and woolly nature of much of the 'survival of the species' talk which was in the air in the mid-20th century.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
14 June 2011
Adjective
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools saw improvement in elementary math scores in 2024, but otherwise remained relatively stagnant, according to new data released Wednesday.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Jan. 2025
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Florida, long a leader in elementary reading, continued to do better than most states at fourth-grade reading, even as its scores dropped from 2022 and from the pre-pandemic high in 2017.—
Steven Walker,
Orlando Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2025
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The federal warning center had attempted six times to cancel the original incorrect broadcast message.—
Steve Koester,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Not involved in the new iteration is writer/director Joss Whedon, who created the original series and oversaw its seven-season run from 1997-2003.—
Rebecca Luther,
TVLine,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Nascent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nascent. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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