embryonic

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Recent Examples of embryonic To see this relationship [between Rose and Alec] grow from a very embryonic stage, to watch that arc, is just everything. Anne Easton, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025 This technique lets researchers compare neuronal circuits, as Karten did, not only in adult brains but all the way through embryonic development, following Puelles. Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025 For one thing, the methods for growing and manipulating the embryonic precursors of avian sperm and eggs in a lab setting have been developed for only two birds: the chicken and, recently, the goose. D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 But this research found that some of the strange looks of these sharks happen in the late stage of the embryonic development. Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for embryonic
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Adjective
  • Despite claims to the contrary, these layoffs included dozens of scientists who conduct quality control and proficiency testing on everything from infant formula to dairy products and pet foods.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
  • The flashpoint was the hospital’s role in a child protection case involving the infant grandson of one of Bundy’s friends.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Without health insurance, Americans may delay emergent treatment for various health conditions and forego preventive care such as screening for cancer.
    Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • The emergent debt crises of the 1980s in Latin America and Africa put dozens of countries in a vulnerable economic position, which the Reagan administration used as leverage to push free market reform.
    Time, Time, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2025
  • That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Though the film underperformed with critics and at the box office at the time, it’s become a favorite for a generation of dancers, dance fans and current and former teenage girls.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 12 May 2025
  • The story follows a teenage girl who decides to stage a musical reenactment of a tragedy that took place at her high school 10 years ago.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • So the cosmic dark ages aren’t entirely dark; those clouds of primordial neutral hydrogen are emitting tremendous amounts of 21-cm radiation.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2025
  • George Harrison may be thought of as a holy man, but the primordial ooze his career emerges from is made of cars.
    Kaleb Horton, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Four decades earlier and Emery, albeit within less modern facilities, was playing here before joining Real Sociedad as a young, budding footballer.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • From universities that are as old (or older) than the moving picture itself, to budding programs, the schools on this list collectively offer an impressive array of educators, facilities and lessons to be learned.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Kruger had been an Akin superfan ever since his breakout Head-On — a gritty, violent love story about a young German-Turkish woman trying to break free of her religious, restrictive family — which won Berlin’s Golden Bear in 2004.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
  • For much younger kids, Little Passports has an Early Explorers box ($20/month) aimed at children as young as 3.
    Adrienne So, Wired News, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • But in this primeval stage, nearly all of the potential Democratic candidates are discussing problems that have bedeviled their party for years: how to win back working-class voters, how aggressively to oppose President Trump and how to reach voters beyond the traditional news media.
    Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • Our own moon shows evidence of primeval tidal heating, too.
    Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Embryonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embryonic. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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