as in nascent
beginning to come into existence
the new governor will have to deal with the state's aborning fiscal crisis
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Could John, a nascent media mogul, have run this very magazine?—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Jan. 2026 -
Murati’s startup raised about $2 billion in July, in a seed funding round that was the largest ever in Silicon Valley, and which valued the nascent company at about $12 billion.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Cook, appointed by then-President Joe Biden and the first female Black governor to serve on the Board, has denied any wrongdoing.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Many Nordic investors and founders annually travel to Copenhagen for the first startup event after the summer break.—
Melinda Elmborg,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Ultimately, no one stands to benefit more from this incipient trend toward climate sanity than the American people themselves.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
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The nature of a yet-unannounced product or incipient organization demands confidentiality.—
Anthony Shore,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Both twins survived the initial fetal surgery and Sarah was later discharged, but spent the next four weeks undergoing two ultrasounds a week just to make sure everything still looked okay.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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On multiple occasions, body camera video and cellphone footage has contradicted federal officials' initial claims about the shootings.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Aborning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aborning. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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