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as in to promote
to help the growth or development of
hopefully, these youthful visits to the museum will incubate an enduring love of art
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Recent Examples of incubate
For two decades, Y Combinator has incubated some of the most successful companies in Silicon Valley, including Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe and Coinbase.
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Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The team’s heroic initiative likely saved the incubating embryos, Abdallah said.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
Each parent takes turns incubating the eggs over a monthlong period, according to the Department of Beaches and Harbors.
—Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Though the frozen embryos at the clinic would remain cold without electricity, a set of embryos being incubated would be irreversibly damaged if power was not restored within hours.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
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Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The team’s heroic initiative likely saved the incubating embryos, Abdallah said.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
Each parent takes turns incubating the eggs over a monthlong period, according to the Department of Beaches and Harbors.
—Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Though the frozen embryos at the clinic would remain cold without electricity, a set of embryos being incubated would be irreversibly damaged if power was not restored within hours.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incubate
Verb
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The pond loach can reduce aquatic insect biodiversity and compete with native fish species for food and spawning habitat.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
23 June 2025
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Scientists have only recently begun to understand more about how planetary phenomena work together to spawn or suppress tropical storms and hurricanes.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
22 June 2025
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This intergovernmental coalition brings together 43 countries, working collectively to promote and defend freedom of religion or belief worldwide.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Channels can also pay to be promoted to the app's 1.5 billion users.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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For six years, the building that once housed The Coffee Cup, a beloved neighborhood diner in St. Paul’s North End, sat empty.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
19 June 2025
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Cameron Young sits alone in sixth place after recovering from a double bogey on the first hole to shoot 5-under 65.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
19 June 2025
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Outrage from the Sikh community, as well as a social media push calling for hate crime charges, encouraged prosecutors to take another look at the case, officials said.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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The five prizes were crafted based on research, evidence and consultation with teachers and education experts, and are designed to reflect key strategies that can encourage other schools to implement different strategies to strengthen their schools and communities.—
Lena Miano,
Arkansas Online,
18 June 2025
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In 2024, the osprey clutch successfully hatched and the chicks remained in the nest for most of the year.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
12 June 2025
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Then, in the 1990s, British Columbia hatched a plan to bring some of that action north.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
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In each case, growing landlessness and the pressure to cultivate cash crops reduced local resilience in the face of prolonged droughts and other disasters, such as outbreaks of bubonic plague and cattle disease.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Spanish-Speaking Cannabis Creators Santa Tuca (Alan) – A prominent Argentine cannabis creator and community leader, Santa Tuca has cultivated an audience of 80,000+ on Instagram with creative grow-op tours, event coverage, and lifestyle content.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Last month, volunteers on Sanibel Island planted 500 red mangrove seedlings that had been nurtured by local residents over months, to help the community recover from recent storms.—
Christina Kelso,
New York Times,
24 June 2025
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Align with nurturing, empathetic individuals who will be there for you when Venus enters Cancer on July 30.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
24 June 2025
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The Caribbean reef octopus pictured here, however, broods just a few hundred large eggs, tucked into a pipe, perhaps a remnant of a shipwreck.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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The Jansson rift is captured in her Family painting, a stark portrait of her father and younger brother Per Olov in their military outfits, with the artist in funereal attire brooding over Per Olov’s chess game with youngest brother Lars.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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“Incubate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incubate. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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