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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
Kar, the company’s CEO, was a founding team member at Palo Alto Networks and oversaw Juniper Networks’ entire Ethernet portfolio before the two joined forces at Auradine, a blockchain and AI chip startup where Upscale was incubated.
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Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
The collaboration comes after Ephea was incubated by Kering’s Material Innovation Lab in Milan, which identifies, evolves, and helps to operationalize hundreds of alternative materials, with the hope of embedding them into brand collections.
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Bella Webb,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
The scientists demonstrated that tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) spontaneously formed when mixtures of purified coat protein and its genomic RNA were incubated together.
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Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
These arachnids hatch from eggs incubated in moist woodchuck feces, then affix themselves to the nearest dupe naïve enough to leave the city.
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Jay Ruttenberg,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
The turtles crawl out of the ocean, dig holes in the sand, then deposit dozens of eggs to be incubated by the summer sun, experts say.
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Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
1 June 2026
La Complice was incubated at Harvard’s Innovation Labs and is participating in Harvard’s selective Rock Accelerator program.
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Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
General Catalyst, which incubated the company, led the round.
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Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
So with a limited array of third-party options to fix the problem, Monarch Collective incubated its own solution.
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Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
7 May 2026
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
The collaboration comes after Ephea was incubated by Kering’s Material Innovation Lab in Milan, which identifies, evolves, and helps to operationalize hundreds of alternative materials, with the hope of embedding them into brand collections.
—
Bella Webb,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
The scientists demonstrated that tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) spontaneously formed when mixtures of purified coat protein and its genomic RNA were incubated together.
—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
These arachnids hatch from eggs incubated in moist woodchuck feces, then affix themselves to the nearest dupe naïve enough to leave the city.
—
Jay Ruttenberg,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
The turtles crawl out of the ocean, dig holes in the sand, then deposit dozens of eggs to be incubated by the summer sun, experts say.
—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
1 June 2026
La Complice was incubated at Harvard’s Innovation Labs and is participating in Harvard’s selective Rock Accelerator program.
—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
General Catalyst, which incubated the company, led the round.
—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
So with a limited array of third-party options to fix the problem, Monarch Collective incubated its own solution.
—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incubated
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Torres’ inaccuracy in front of goal has even spawned countless memes on Spanish-speaking social media from frustrated fans and amused neutrals.
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Ferocious winds spawned tornadoes that hit Downers Grove and Mount Prospect, but warning sirens in the communities remained silent.
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These crucial soft skills, highly valued by employers, are cultivated through real-world experience rather than academic transcripts.
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By empowering skin care professionals with the tools, knowledge and support to specialize in acne, Face Reality has cultivated a network of skin care providers who act as both advocates and extensions of the brand.
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Infante said on May 13, a group of ducklings hatched on her porch and walked over to the community pool.
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The attack happened just days after the commission reported its Barn Owl Live Cam had gained an international following, with more than 62,000 watching in April as the first of six eggs hatched in real time.
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At the San Diego event, the guide also promoted one restaurant, Kato in Los Angeles, to the two-star list and honored nine new restaurants with one-star awards, including Naides in San Francisco, one of the few Filipino cuisine restaurants in the nation with that distinction.
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She was hired as a sous chef and promoted to executive chef just two months later.
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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.
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The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.
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In 1981, President Reagan signed an executive order creating the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and encouraged more federal funding for HBCUs.
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The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information that could help the investigation are encouraged to contact HSCO.
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The resulting fireball laid waste to the surrounding facility, and erupted in a burst with a glow visible more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away.
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That laid the foundations for his championship-leading breakout season in 2026.
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If nurtured and supported, these emerging ecosystems can become engines of economic growth, job creation, and community revitalization.
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The Mississippi divided empires, helped decide a civil war, and nurtured a distinct culture of river towns and port cities.
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“Incubated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incubated. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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