as in nascent
beginning to come into existence
inchoate feelings of affection for a man whom she had, up till now, thought of as only a friend
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Recent Examples of inchoate
Meanwhile, the people defacing Friend’s advertisements are expressing a much larger, inchoate rage at the broader AI industry, not just these plastic pendants that practically nobody owns.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025
Other milestones in the proposal Musk would need to meet in order to receive his reward include the deployment of autonomous taxis and humanoid robots, an inchoate industry Tesla is heavily investing in.
—Connor Greene, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Many of Piker’s viewers come to him with inchoate opinions.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Running deep beneath all these threads seemed to be an inchoate feeling that simply to show evil was to become its apprentice.
—Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025
Other milestones in the proposal Musk would need to meet in order to receive his reward include the deployment of autonomous taxis and humanoid robots, an inchoate industry Tesla is heavily investing in.
—Connor Greene, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Many of Piker’s viewers come to him with inchoate opinions.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Running deep beneath all these threads seemed to be an inchoate feeling that simply to show evil was to become its apprentice.
—Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inchoate
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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
Adjective
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During their initial investigation, police found that two men approached the home's front door.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Noting that a federal grant funded the initial deployment of ShotSpotter, Lucas said, too often there are technologies that end up being funded by local taxpayers in perpetuity.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
12 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
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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
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“Inchoate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inchoate. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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