embryonic

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Recent Examples of embryonic The Dickey-Wicker amendment, passed that same year, forbids the use of tax dollars in embryonic stem cell research. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 18 Sep. 2025 However, this model remains embryonic in Europe, presenting substantial opportunity for early movers. Priya Oberoi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Federal dollars are the financial lifeblood of its labs, leading to remarkable advances, from cultivating human embryonic stem cells to developing weather satellites to creating a solution that significantly extends the life of an organ for transplantation. Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025 That embryonic Xenomorph then shatters its container and leaps at Wendy, who pets it gently. Noel Murray, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for embryonic
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Adjective
  • Here’s what to know about the outbreak and infant botulism.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • During the formative phase of the infant American republic, when its survival was still problematic, iconic founders performed a valuable function as reliable sources of unquestioned wisdom, a veritable gallery of Delphic oracles available on demand.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • To get the benefits from pre-emergent winter weed control products, they should be applied in late summer to mid-fall in the South.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
  • According to research from Copyleaks, an AI analysis firm that helps businesses and institutions navigate the shifting landscape of this emergent technology, a new trend has produced Sora videos of celebrities appearing to spew hateful racist epithets.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Having no cool aunt of my own and no elder sisters, just teenage babysitters and camp counselors (each with their own unique but tenuous grasp on anatomy and reproductive science), the book felt warm, inviting, and—perhaps most important to my terrified, bleeding, self—safe.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Investigators said the teenage couple then stole money from a lockbox or safe at the grandmother's home, which escalated the crime from murder to capital murder.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • This ancient traveler from beyond our solar system is offering scientists a rare glimpse into primordial cosmic material.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile inflation would also have magnified tiny random fluctuations in the early universe, creating density variations in the primordial plasma.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The group, mainly millennials and young Gen Xers, grew up in the internet era and recognize how technology can switch up the status quo.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Despite the absentees, Arteta had experienced players like Ben White, Piero Hincapie and Christian Norgaard to call upon, as well as exciting young talent like Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The Emerging Artists chart has become a home for these budding acts, with several landing on various rankings the last few weeks.
    Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Ted is optimistic that this budding romance is the beginning of his Christmas comeback, but his looming holiday bad luck still has a few curveballs in store for him.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Filled with unearthly landscapes, primeval forests, and twilight beaches, Anemone’s ornate visual design seems to underscore its characters’ emotional suffocation.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Aside from its extraordinary size, Moses marvels at the primeval nature of the Lucara diamond.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Embryonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embryonic. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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