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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 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.
—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
And his values had been incubated in an earlier era.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 6 May 2026
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
And his values had been incubated in an earlier era.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incubated
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In the wake of 2020’s protests, many museums solicited responses from contemporary artists—particularly artists of color; A250 has spawned no such wave of institutional commissions.—
Greg Allen,
ARTnews.com,
7 June 2026
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While multiple sequels and spinoffs have spawned in the years since, nothing matches The Conjuring in providing genuine, classic horror for an era of jaded moviegoers.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 June 2026
Verb
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Insider tip Yunnan and Kunming are known for their flowers, both wild and cultivated, so the hotel’s floral arrangements and garden landscapes are particularly beautiful.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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CookUnity, a meal preparation subscription service with menus cultivated by local chefs, provides 40 to 60 half plates filled with ready-to-go meals, and places like Turnberry sometimes provide shrimp and other quality ingredients.—
Delia Rose Sauer,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
Verb
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The Sandy who Voisard is referring to is not the eaglet who hatched this spring, but FOBBV’s former executive director Sandy Steers.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
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In fact, two baby eagles hatched this year in April in a large cottonwood tree in Chicago.—
Sheryl DeVore,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
Verb
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Newly promoted Bolton Wanderers are currently in talks to sign the versatile 22-year-old, with other Championship clubs also interested.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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The vivid depiction of the shame and horror attendant on an imagined German invasion promoted conservative military goals.—
Ivan Kreilkamp,
JSTOR Daily,
10 June 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 experienced the earthquake are encouraged to report it via the USGS Felt Report form.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
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Although the concept encouraged spaces that felt open, airy, and perfectly curated, in practice, the trend was anything but practical.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
14 June 2026
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It was all rolled and consolidated before the sod—or turf—was laid.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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If not for our courtroom testimony, the public would not know the risk posed by some 20 acres of new pavement laid amid Everglades wetlands that surround Alligator Alcatraz.—
Eve Samples,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
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His ideas have been nurtured within a close and influential cohort.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
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Options open to the MCC include developing ‘drop-in’ pitches, grown and nurtured elsewhere on the Lord’s site before being moved in trays to the middle, or digging up a pitch entirely.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
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“Incubated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incubated. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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