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Recent Examples of embryonic
That’s when a team of evolutionary biologists noticed that many of the physical traits that co-occur with domestication trace back to an important group of cells during embryonic development called neural crest cells.
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Marina Wang, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2025
Blood vessels in the limb of an embryonic mouse.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025
But late the following year, a friend spotted an advertisement in the Village Voice that turned out to be for the lead guitar slot in the embryonic Kiss.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Perhaps Hoard’s insights explain why Lightfoot was so reluctant to share it in its embryonic stage.
—John U. Bacon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
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Marina Wang, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2025
Blood vessels in the limb of an embryonic mouse.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025
But late the following year, a friend spotted an advertisement in the Village Voice that turned out to be for the lead guitar slot in the embryonic Kiss.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Perhaps Hoard’s insights explain why Lightfoot was so reluctant to share it in its embryonic stage.
—John U. Bacon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embryonic
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The recall was issued after the FDA identified 83 cases of infant botulism nationwide, with 13 of those having received ByHeart formula at some point.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Nov. 2025
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Health experts warn the number of illnesses in this outbreak could rise as officials reopen investigations into cases of infant botulism from earlier in the year.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
26 Nov. 2025
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The robot also developed emergent behaviors during training.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Jan. 2026
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For expectant mothers, quick access to advanced emergent maternity care can make all the difference.—
MemorialCare Medical Group,
Oc Register,
10 Jan. 2026
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Vaccines combining slow release and follicle targeting of antigens increase germinal center B cell diversity and clonal expansion.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.—
Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Wilson was born in 1994 in Florida to teenage parents and was adopted shortly after birth by Cindy and Steve Wilson, a couple from Cape Coral, per the News-Press.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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According to a criminal complaint, Johnson allegedly took a teenage girl to the Jet Set Motel on Third Avenue in December 2024 and raped her.—
Allen Devlin,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Life has devolved to its primordial pool.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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That question is a primordial, primitive question that animates many of us our whole lives without realizing it.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2026
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On the medal, the Virgil inscription surrounds a young man sitting under a laurel tree, listening to the Muse, and writing down her song.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Once in college, barriers to gaining meaningful work experience persist for young people.—
Brandon Busteed,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Mizzou returns a budding superstar in Donovan Olugbode, along with promising underclassmen in DaMarion Fowlkes and Shaun Terry II.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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Specializing in exaggerated branches and budding blooms, West Elm’s artificial floral selection is designed to make a statement.—
Rebecca Shinners,
Architectural Digest,
9 Jan. 2026
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This 50-square-mile crescent in the Pacific has the southernmost coral reef in the world and a wealth of wilderness walks that include everything from primeval banyan forests to endangered ground-dwelling birds.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Dec. 2025
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California Time slows to a primeval pace in the sequoia groves that make up Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, where arboreal giants have watched the seasons come and go for more than 2,000 years.—
Sarah L. Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Embryonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embryonic. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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