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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
They’re kept incubated at a lower temperature than human cells — 18 degrees Celsius versus 37 degrees Celsius.
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Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Additionally, the coalition is incubating new chapters soon to be launched in Rwanda, Uganda and Côte d’Ivoire.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
Workshop camaraderie incubated technical innovations.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The foundation has incubated more than 10 ventures, according to Appaji.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2026
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Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Additionally, the coalition is incubating new chapters soon to be launched in Rwanda, Uganda and Côte d’Ivoire.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
Workshop camaraderie incubated technical innovations.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The foundation has incubated more than 10 ventures, according to Appaji.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incubate
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The news that Supriya Ganesh won’t be returning for The Pitt’s third season could spawn a wave of goodwill among Emmy voters, though that didn’t do much for Tracy Ifeachor’s chances last season.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
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The original film grossed over $591 million worldwide and spawned a Disney Channel series.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
1 May 2026
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The Yankees are expected to promote a reliever in his place on Monday.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The walk is open to anyone who wants to come together to promote lung health and help raise funds for research, advocacy and treatments.—
Marcella Baietto,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Most evenings, Mohamed Ismail would sit at his local ‘ahwa, one of the small, no-frills coffee shops that are the cornerstone of social life in Cairo.—
Mirette Magdy,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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While Corcoran’s take sits well outside the norms of good personal finance advice, her experience is perhaps unusual.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Officials also encourage businesses to give customers a glimpse of how dim sum is made through live-streaming.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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Becerra proposes to require cities and counties to approve or deny building permits within 90 days, loosening certain regulations for infill projects and reforming construction defect laws to encourage more construction of entry-level condos.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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However, after 28 years of conservation efforts, the first eaglet hatched without human intervention on Santa Cruz Island in 2006 — the first in over 50 years — and the population has grown since then, according to the National Park Service.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
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FalconCam viewers can expect the first signs of hatching between May 29 and May 31.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
29 Apr. 2026
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Walsh and Knowles cultivated a big crowd in the rural northern Idaho college town with its backdrop of rolling hills and wheat fields.—
Saige Miller,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
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And with the rise of artificial intelligence and other technologies, innovative talent management strategies and state support systems, forward-thinking Maryland manufacturers have a host of new opportunities to solve the age-old challenge of cultivating the next generation of talent.—
Mike Kelleher,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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Iranian forces have laid mines and threatened commercial traffic in the narrow waterway.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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The top four-fifths of what will be a 212-foot-tall core stage arrived to KSC’s Turn Basin after making a 900-mile trip laying horizontally on NASA’s Pegasus barge, which picked up the hardware from the Michoud Assembly Building in New Orleans last week.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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That’s the true greatness of Free Comic Book Day, which now nurtures and expands upon the culture in which it was born.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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This 50-room boutique hotel in the French Quarter of Charleston aims to nurture a sense of relaxation and comfort, elegance and warm hospitality.—
Asa Canty,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Incubate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incubate. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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