embryonic

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Recent Examples of embryonic Despite advances in textile recycling technologies in recent years, adoption is still frustratingly embryonic, said the first-of-its-kind study, which was conducted in partnership with the likes of Arc’teryx, Eastman, Interzero, Textile Exchange and Tomra. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 27 May 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, Wired News, 11 May 2025 These refereeing careers are very much in their embryonic stages. Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025 Cooking up a batch of stem cells to treat illness or injury used to involve the ethically hairy practice of harvesting them from embryonic tissue. Michael Irving, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for embryonic
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Adjective
  • The company said tap water should also not be used to mix infant formula for children under 6 months, and said bottled water should be used.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
  • The Trump administration has launched a high-profile effort to make infant formula and baby food safer under Operation Stork Speed.
    Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • Profits are emergent effects of invention and creation.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • My work focuses on emergent technologies—AI, semiconductors—with a national security focus, which is what Micron was most interested in, especially with chips that ultimately end up with DoD as the customer.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 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
  • The man and his teenage son, who the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office didn’t name, were fishing near the docks behind The Hammocks at Marathon resort in the Middle Keys shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
  • The team is captained by Portland Thorns forward Deyna Castellanos and features a trio of teenage players debuting with the senior roster after spending time with the under-17s.
    Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Scientists also revealed that these plumes, originating between the depths of 1,000 and 2,800 km (621 and 1,740 miles), contain varying isotopes, possibly from primordial mantle material, which makes the region slightly hotter than the surrounding mantle.
    Jay Kakade July 05, New Atlas, 5 July 2025
  • That would mean the centrifugal force arising from a spinning universe becomes a force acting in all directions away from the universe's parent primordial white hole.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • The audience was a mix of investors, developers and budding entrepreneurs.
    Saakshar Duggal, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Retreating deeper into the mind and spaces of comfort and budding habits did.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • The core group of young professionals, both men and women aged 25-35, is joined by the next gen category of those age 18-24, now about a quarter of the business.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Their entry into the US market has charted a similar trajectory to that of vapes, surging among young people especially.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • As for the chthonic powers who might intrude upon us, the worst must be the Titans, primeval offspring of Gaia and Uranus, Earth and Sky.
    Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • The limp is the primeval sign, in many cultural myth systems, of autochthony: humans born from the earth, parentless.
    Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Embryonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embryonic. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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