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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
In the quarter-century since, the genres expanded to include crime shows (The Sopranos, Breaking Bad), political shows (The West Wing, The Crown), and shows about the moral decay of the American character as incubated in Manhattan office towers (Mad Men, Succession).
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 May 2025
Sensical will use its proprietary content evaluation standard, incubated within Common Sense Networks, to curate the music initiative as it has been similarly utilized to evaluate content on YouTube and TikTok KidsMode.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 13 May 2025
For two decades, Y Combinator has incubated some of the most successful companies in Silicon Valley, including Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe and Coinbase.
—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
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 May 2025
Sensical will use its proprietary content evaluation standard, incubated within Common Sense Networks, to curate the music initiative as it has been similarly utilized to evaluate content on YouTube and TikTok KidsMode.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 13 May 2025
For two decades, Y Combinator has incubated some of the most successful companies in Silicon Valley, including Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe and Coinbase.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incubate
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Simmons's unexpected death from heart disease and complications from a fall marked a sudden, unsettling end to an iconic career that spawned bestselling books, infomercials and workout videos that sold more than 22 million copies.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
2 July 2025
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Among other factors, experts point to a generally slowing U.S. labor market, economic uncertainty spawned by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and automation that’s wiping out the kind of entry level jobs typically snared by young people.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
2 July 2025
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Investigators found no evidence of a client list or blackmail scheme involving prominent individuals, contradicting years of speculation and conspiracy theories that both Patel and Bongino had previously promoted.—
Adeola Adeosun
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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Benson Boone has spent 2025 promoting his new album American Heart, which debuted on the Billboard charts just a few weeks ago.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Teixeira, meanwhile, enters Saturday night's bout against Lewis with an undefeated record for his career, sitting at 8-0-0.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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This frame, the duet holds at No. 13, sitting just below the top 10.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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The Schweickart Prize is an annual award designed to foster a new generation of leaders in planetary defense and to encourage ideas to help protect Earth from potential asteroid impacts.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
12 July 2025
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Their main message is to encourage couples to actively consider the decision instead of following the norm.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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The eggs, which are minuscule, overwinter and hatch in spring when temperatures warm up.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
12 July 2025
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There's a wonderful blend of gently-exfoliating, hydrating, and soothing ingredients (like hatching ex-07, deep sea water, panthenol, and allantoin) that simply won't irritate your skin.—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
10 July 2025
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Ultimately, cultivating new talent, rather than trying to outbid the likes of Meta, may prove a more sustainable path for OpenAI in its quest to stay highly mission-oriented while supporting an industry grappling with a scarcity of top-tier talent.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
5 July 2025
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Lamont has cultivated an image as an affable aristocrat while spending about $60 million of his fortune on his four bids for statewide office.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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This area, known for its swampy soul vibe and original music, has nurtured multiple generations of successful Music City performers, including Gretchen Wilson and Eric Church.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
6 July 2025
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The track also has an on-site technology college that is helping nurture the next generation of motorsport engineers.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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Garfield, known for such movies as The Postman Always Rings Twice, Four Daughters, and Body and Soul, made a name for himself by playing brooding working-class characters in the 1940s.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 July 2025
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Fusing her honeyed vocal with a slick, prominent instrumentation that captures both the freeing feeling of being emotionally on the mend, while still hinting at how moments of brooding and longing flare up in the darkest nights.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
2 June 2025
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“Incubate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incubate. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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