as in beginning
the point at which something begins
since its incipience, the show has been on the cutting edge of comedy
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Recent Examples of incipience
Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience domestically.
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Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
Yet this modest drama invokes the power of incipience—fear of what will happen next—and amplifies it with lean writing in the service of flawless acting.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2018
Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
Yet this modest drama invokes the power of incipience—fear of what will happen next—and amplifies it with lean writing in the service of flawless acting.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incipience
Noun
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Without spoiling too much, Kane and Palk get to bond over their Kansas City roots in the beginning of the show.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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The geologist Charles Lyell proposed that the very ground beneath mankind’s feet had been reshaped countless times before the beginning of human history and was even now in a state of flux.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At least, Fowler, who’s covered every season since the franchise’s inception, thinks so.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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Since its inception in 1981, Wednesday's Child has been a collaboration of the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE), the Department of Children & Families and WBZ-TV/CBS Boston.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Grasso will be on hand for U-M's spring commencement May 2, when former Fab Five basketball star Jalen Rose will be the speaker.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel will deliver the keynote address at USC’s 143rd commencement ceremony at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in May, university officials announced on Monday.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Kings came into the game stressing a good start, having been outscored 5-1 in the first period of their previous three outings, and instead face planted to spot the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead through 20 minutes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Saturday’s quality start was quite a bit more delicate than his last, too.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ben Steinberg, a 26-year-old film student at Cal State Northridge, has long been a vocal and active proponent of reopening Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome, which has been closed since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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With the onset of agriculture, trees were removed to make room for sheep and cattle, which grazed out the natural vegetation.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Adams, who did not answer my e-mails—an alpha move, no doubt—would probably have been proud.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Chargers don't have a true alpha wideout like Hill, however.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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On Wednesday, the intro to space class at Metropolitan State University of Denver held a watch party for the Artemis II mission launch.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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With new composite material advances further reducing launch mass, these launch costs could be driven down even further.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Incipience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incipience. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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