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Recent Examples of embryonic
The details layer like a Georges Seurat painting, especially compared to earlier, more embryonic versions of these songs.
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David Glickman, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
Just the same, Self also knows this team, with only one man back (Flory Bidunga) from last season’s nine-deep rotation, is still just emerging from an embryonic phase of development.
—Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2026
The former first lady was one of few conservatives at the time to publicly support embryonic stem cell research, which Republican lawmakers are still fighting to restrict at the federal level.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 27 Jan. 2026
There are a variety of stem-cell options available such as your own bone marrow, your own fat cells, amniotic stem cells, and embryonic stem cells.
—Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
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David Glickman, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
Just the same, Self also knows this team, with only one man back (Flory Bidunga) from last season’s nine-deep rotation, is still just emerging from an embryonic phase of development.
—Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2026
The former first lady was one of few conservatives at the time to publicly support embryonic stem cell research, which Republican lawmakers are still fighting to restrict at the federal level.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 27 Jan. 2026
There are a variety of stem-cell options available such as your own bone marrow, your own fat cells, amniotic stem cells, and embryonic stem cells.
—Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embryonic
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For decades, research into RSV had been stymied by past failures, leaving no way to prevent the thousands of infant respiratory deaths that occur worldwide every year.—
Richard Hughes IV,
STAT,
18 Feb. 2026
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The narrative pairs her with Sister Ying, a detective investigating a series of infant corpse cases where bodies are discovered sealed in luxury apartment walls.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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One of the structural barriers to that change has been the 911 center’s dispatching software, which is not designed for alternative response and automatically prioritizes emergent 911 calls over the inherently non-emergent STAR calls.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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She was featured in a Newsweek cover profile in December of 1965, with audiences focusing as much on her fashion sense and love life as her emergent acting talent.—
Chris Feil,
Vanity Fair,
15 Mar. 2026
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President Trump’s germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
25 Nov. 2025
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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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Two teenage boys who used artificial intelligence to create fake nude photos of their classmates at an exclusive private school in Pennsylvania received probation Wednesday after dozens of victims described the images' traumatizing effect on them.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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With social boundaries limiting the ability to film with teenage girls and young women, the film instead draws upon the voices and presence of older women, to address gender realities.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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In retrospect, taken collectively, much of McCarthy’s work as an actor, filmmaker and journalist hinges on the friendship motif — that primordial ache to belong, that yearning to be seen.—
Malina Saval,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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The universe’s primordial quark-gluon plasma was, in fact, soupy.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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In the 19th, Grace Panetta studied the answers in another Navigator focus group, from young women worried about economic ups and downs.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Panthers have hinted at the desire to draft a young QB to develop behind Young for the long haul, and that outlook hasn’t changed with the arrival of Pickett.—
Mike Kaye
March 26,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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Beyond her academic excellence, Belle consistently creates films on her own time and has built a budding YouTube channel that showcases her originality, strong visual storytelling, and impressive creativity in editing.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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But there remains some budding controversy about the nameplates on the brothers’ Wild jerseys.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
9 Mar. 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 31 Mar. 2026.
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