as in initial
beginning to come into existence
only just recently gained an inceptive understanding of the overwhelming vastness of the universe
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Recent Examples of inceptive
Vaccinating our faculty and staff is our first step toward keeping our schools open and safe and will be inceptive to reopening our economy.
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Margaret W. Long, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2020
Margaret W. Long, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inceptive
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Both twins survived the initial fetal surgery and Sarah was later discharged, but spent the next four weeks undergoing two ultrasounds a week just to make sure everything still looked okay.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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On multiple occasions, body camera video and cellphone footage has contradicted federal officials' initial claims about the shootings.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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One of Zeitounian’s career highlights includes discovering Oscar winner Mikey Madison and placing her on her first job, FX’s Better Things, which jumpstarted her nascent career.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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Mamdani’s next action, meanwhile, showed the unusual scrutiny faced by his nascent administration, particularly around his criticism of Israel and outspoken support for the Palestinian cause.—
Jake Offenhartz,
Fortune,
3 Jan. 2026
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His first action of the night came after about three minutes into the game, not long after going over to the exercise bike parked just outside the tunnel leading to their locker room, jumping on it while being advised by a member of the Hornets’ performance staff.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
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Pratt launched his mayoral run on the first anniversary of the Los Angeles fires, which destroyed his and his wife Heidi Montag’s home.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The educators at elementary, middle and high schools across the district received honorary titles as chairs of teaching excellence for one year in their respective subjects.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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Tutoring elementary students is one of the best opportunities to build meaningful community relations, program officials say.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Ultimately, no one stands to benefit more from this incipient trend toward climate sanity than the American people themselves.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
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The nature of a yet-unannounced product or incipient organization demands confidentiality.—
Anthony Shore,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The vision, however, was as crucial as the sound, and the vision was as yet inchoate, embryonic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Malcolm has an inchoate sense—heavily influenced, no doubt, by the spell cast by an attractive woman, drugs, and a gallon of booze—that his relationship with Violet lacks the honesty of Grant and Chelsea’s.—
Willing Davidson,
New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2025
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“Inceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inceptive. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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