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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
The scripts are then incubated with the goal and expectation of becoming viable packages in Artists Equity’s slate, complete with concrete attachments and financing strategy.
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Jared Perlo Ornstein told NBC News that Humans First had been incubated by the Center for AI Safety and had received an initial loan that would be paid back after the group raised donations from individuals who cared about fostering safe and beneficial AI.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
In the experiment, detailed in PLOS Biology, the team incubated specimens of common lab bacteriophage T7 alongside its foe, Escherichia coli bacteria, for varying durations.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
Researchers swabbed several common travel items, then incubated the samples to measure bacterial growth in colony-forming units (CFUs).
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
While only American citizens (and immigrants with green cards) can contribute to federal PACs, foreign companies set up PACs to collect contributions from their American employees with no limits on foreign donations to our education systems, where policies are incubated and young minds are shaped.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
So precarious is the species’ survival that the eggs were exchanged for fake replacements while the real ones were incubated indoors.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
So precarious is the species’ survival that the eggs were exchanged for fake replacements while the real ones were incubated indoors.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Young concurrently served as the Chairman of the Groundlings Theater, which incubated a generation of comedy icons, including Will Ferrell, Melissa McCarthy and Cheryl Hines.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Jared Perlo Ornstein told NBC News that Humans First had been incubated by the Center for AI Safety and had received an initial loan that would be paid back after the group raised donations from individuals who cared about fostering safe and beneficial AI.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
In the experiment, detailed in PLOS Biology, the team incubated specimens of common lab bacteriophage T7 alongside its foe, Escherichia coli bacteria, for varying durations.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
Researchers swabbed several common travel items, then incubated the samples to measure bacterial growth in colony-forming units (CFUs).
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
While only American citizens (and immigrants with green cards) can contribute to federal PACs, foreign companies set up PACs to collect contributions from their American employees with no limits on foreign donations to our education systems, where policies are incubated and young minds are shaped.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
So precarious is the species’ survival that the eggs were exchanged for fake replacements while the real ones were incubated indoors.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
So precarious is the species’ survival that the eggs were exchanged for fake replacements while the real ones were incubated indoors.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Young concurrently served as the Chairman of the Groundlings Theater, which incubated a generation of comedy icons, including Will Ferrell, Melissa McCarthy and Cheryl Hines.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incubated
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The film went on to be one of the top three highest-grossing Korean films of its year and spawned remakes across Asia, including versions in China, Vietnam and India.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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The hotel that spawned not only a global brand but an entire genre.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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The metamorphosis — cultivated by the city and fueled by developers — is bringing dramatic change to the Pompano skyline, generating buzz locally and beyond.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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Stanton cultivated a group of women-abolitionist friends, first at her and Henry’s home, in Boston, and then at a house that her father gave her along the new Erie Canal, in the western New York town of Seneca Falls.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Some pushed back, and others hatched settlements to get the money restored.—
Brendan Cantwell,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
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Some were adopted, while others were hatched on the farm last year.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
9 Mar. 2026
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He was promoted to associate head coach from assistant on October 14, 2025.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
18 Mar. 2026
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Fleck promoted next year’s deeper crop of pro prospects.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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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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Those who noticed the earthquake are encouraged to report it through the USGS Felt Report form.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Imagine my mother’s surprise when my grandfather had encouraged her to turn up at the address on the card the next day.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Those three figures laid the groundwork for everything the club has become.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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That shape-shifting hue laid the groundwork for a bold yet unexpectedly cohesive palette room to room, with wallpapers that lend an Art Deco flavor.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
13 Mar. 2026
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Their potential — with the right education, nurtured by parents who are determined to give their kids a shot at the American dream — is just as limitless as any other student in this nation’s public schools.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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Thomas Glover, for example, over decades in Japan nurtured industrial development.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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