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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
Female and male participate in harvesting and storing acorns, take part in incubating eggs and feeding young.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Even many of the people who broadly understand this situation feel compelled to have conversations in these spaces—the very same outlets that help incubate and perpetuate unthinkable violence.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Revolutionary violence as political theater The years of the American Revolution were incubated in violence.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Elba also called on the African diaspora to back efforts by himself and Abudu to incubate talent on the continent, and even shoot their own projects in Africa.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Even many of the people who broadly understand this situation feel compelled to have conversations in these spaces—the very same outlets that help incubate and perpetuate unthinkable violence.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Revolutionary violence as political theater The years of the American Revolution were incubated in violence.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Elba also called on the African diaspora to back efforts by himself and Abudu to incubate talent on the continent, and even shoot their own projects in Africa.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incubate
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Harry Bosch books, which spawned the original series.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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Its legend grew with the release of a 1979 movie based on the book starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder that later spawned an extensive film franchise.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Duran had published articles on Tan and his wealthy colleagues, like Balaji Srinivasan, a tech investor who was promoting an esoteric but stubbornly influential concept called the Network State.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Soft platinum coils are delivered into the aneurysm under X-ray guidance to promote clotting and block blood flow into the weakened vessel.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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The university first acquired the site in 1967 with plans to build student housing, but after structures on the lot were bulldozed, the property sat vacant.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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So there’s no time to get entertained besides seeing things on your mobile phone or your laptop or sitting somewhere, waiting in a lounge.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Even then, Sitake and his former teammates were encouraged to speak freely in meetings, to suggest alternative schemes and to acknowledge ways to be different.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The shipping industry would have paid the tax into a fund created by the IMO, to encourage emissions reductions and raise funds for climate action.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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For example, fever baby turtles in Raine Island, Australia are hatching.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
16 Oct. 2025
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Daydreaming of seeing sea turtles hatch in Costa Rica?—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
14 Oct. 2025
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In the view of many faculty members, Baccarelli had undermined the public position Harvard spent months cultivating—as a beacon of academic integrity, unwilling to bend to the administration’s political pressure.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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The model takes roughly two weeks to cultivate and mature, followed by a few days of drug testing – dramatically faster and cheaper than animal studies.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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When state troopers executed a search warrant at a motel where Zajko was staying, law enforcement found LaSota hiding in the bathroom of another room, laying still on the floor, his eyes closed, almost catatonic.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Oct. 2025
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Mayorga laid the groundwork for the Ecuadorian cumbia sound and musicians like Medardo Luzuriaga, who transformed the genre into a national sensation.—
NPR,
NPR,
20 Oct. 2025
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Letterboxd has broadly been credited with nurturing a new generation of movie buffs.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Harlem Book of the Dead, conceived and nurtured by Camille Billops, cherishes that remembrance and enlightens us as only memory can.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Incubate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incubate. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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