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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 incubated
Revolutionary violence as political theater The years of the American Revolution were incubated in violence.
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Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Both birds attend the nest, which consists of 4 to 8 eggs that are incubated for about a month.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Over the last eight years, the Canadian Wildlife Federation has incubated more than 6,000 eggs from a variety of turtle species, Seburn said.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Bitcoin incubated within a small community of cypherpunks and developers.
—Christian Catalini, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
More than 50 percent of Sephora’s brands are exclusive, and a large part of those have been incubated by the retailer at the global level.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Both birds attend the nest, which consists of 4 to 8 eggs that are incubated for about a month.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Over the last eight years, the Canadian Wildlife Federation has incubated more than 6,000 eggs from a variety of turtle species, Seburn said.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Bitcoin incubated within a small community of cypherpunks and developers.
—Christian Catalini, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
More than 50 percent of Sephora’s brands are exclusive, and a large part of those have been incubated by the retailer at the global level.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incubated
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Some of these posts have drawn ire from other parents, spurred satire videos making fun of them with millions of views, and even spawned satirical groups making fun of their larger campus ones.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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These differences reveal the chemistry of the molecular cloud of gas that spawned the comet and its home star system over seven billion years ago, allowing astronomers to make direct comparisons between the chemistry of the solar system and of the original home of 3I/ATLAS.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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And while almonds have been cultivated for centuries across the Mediterranean and Middle East, almond butter is a relatively modern creation.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Over the past 15 years Klingberg has cultivated authentic relationships with brands and customers; kept an eye on spending and remained 100 percent in control of the business.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
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The pipeline project hatched by Phillips 66 and Kinder will carry fuels from as far away as the Midwest to augment supplies sent by refiners in Washington State and Asia.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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So in February of 2016, days after Denver lifted its third Vince Lombardi Trophy, the idea that had been hatched during training camp months earlier came to life.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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In April 2025, the firm promoted Swain as co-head of its equity capital solutions group.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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DeGrezia succeeds Matt Brown, who was promoted in August to senior vice president, regional director of Saks Global stores in the South.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.—
Amanda Rosa,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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It was famed British actor Laurence Olivier who encouraged Hopkins to pursue mental health therapy and see a psychiatrist.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Those who felt the earthquake are encouraged to report it through the USGS Felt Report form.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Israel’s offensive in Gaza, launched in response to the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas’s attack on southern Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and laid waste to swaths of territory.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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The King, 76, met with veterans of the armed forces and laid a bouquet at the base of the memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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The same Philadelphia that witnessed the birth of American independence also nurtured competing visions of nationhood—ones that challenged the very foundations of who could claim full citizenship in the republic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Michele previously spoke about what makes Marie different from Homelander and brought up that she was nurtured differently.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Incubated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incubated. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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