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as in to promote
to help the growth or development of
hopefully, these youthful visits to the museum will incubate an enduring love of art
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Recent Examples of incubate
Both birds attend the nest, which consists of 4 to 8 eggs that are incubated for about a month.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Sea turtles crawl ashore to dig their nests on beaches, allowing the warmth of the sun to incubate the eggs for about 60 days, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Bitcoin incubated within a small community of cypherpunks and developers.
—Christian Catalini, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
This is also creating more antisemitism and conditions of instability that incubate a new generation of terrorists.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Sea turtles crawl ashore to dig their nests on beaches, allowing the warmth of the sun to incubate the eggs for about 60 days, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Bitcoin incubated within a small community of cypherpunks and developers.
—Christian Catalini, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
This is also creating more antisemitism and conditions of instability that incubate a new generation of terrorists.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incubate
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Hurricane Lane in 2018, spawned by a tropical wave that originated in the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast, eventually became only the fifth Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale on record in the Central Pacific Basin, according to a hurricane center report.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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In fact, the launch of Sputnik helped spawn the first federal student loan program.—
Leadership Brainery,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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However, the president’s criticism of mail-in ballots could risk disrupting the inroads Republicans made with voters last cycle, with the party spending millions promoting mail-in ballots ahead of the 2024 election.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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It was created with the intention of promoting AI fluency and a future-ready, AI-confident workforce.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The case then sat unsolved for years, until recent advances in forensic genetic DNA technology would become critical to this investigation.—
Claire Lempert,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Bonneville, sitting behind her, grabbed her hand for the last 15 minutes and didn’t let go.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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Readers should not rely solely on the content of this article and are encouraged to seek professional advice tailored to their specific circumstances.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Associated Press reported that Robinson’s father recognized his son from the images released by law enforcement, and then encouraged his son to turn himself in.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Two Messor structor males that hatched were hairless, while three Messor ibericus males were covered with hair.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The screenwriter also hatched a different ending.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The key lies in cultivating self-awareness.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Words that call us not to manage time or extract value, but to cultivate and to care.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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Overnight, crews will build hose lays along fire breaks and reinforce lines.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The kids with the balls spent all that time hunkered down on the stairs, laying low and waiting to be allowed back to their seats.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Paramount has nurtured Pluto TV, which has lagged a bit in recent years but has been a pioneer in the FAST business, while WBD has shown an appetite to use its deep library to drive FAST channels and AVOD license deals.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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The program itself could be strengthened by nurturing alumni networks.—
Talia Milgrom-Elcott,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Incubate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incubate. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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