INCUBATED Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

incubated

verb

past tense of incubate

as in spawned

to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop the hen incubated her eggs for two weeks

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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 Now the company has incubated a product called Ampersand, built around what Coelho calls the central accountability gap in agentic payments. — Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 According to the ancient Greeks, a mighty serpent called Ophion incubated an enormous egg that hatched into the universe and all its inhabitants. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026 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. — 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

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It was supposed to be a heartwarming tale of triumph, but its making has spawned a saga of its own.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
That outbreak spawned nearly two dozen tornadoes statewide and is remembered as the fifth-largest outbreak in state history.

— Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 21 July 2026

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That rich history, cultivated over centuries of acting as a port and hub of cultural exchange, is visible throughout the city, much of which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
Across their four albums, the group has cultivated a rabid fan base dedicated to their brand of experimental rock.

— Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Definition of cultivated

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And no contemporary actor can actually claim the same descent as Helen, who hatched from a swan’s egg.

— Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
In a rare instance, the pair was hatched from two eggs in the same breeding season, marking a first for the North American population of echidnas.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 July 2026

Definition of hatched

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Newly promoted from the Arizona Complex League to Low-A San Jose, the Giants’ two top prospects took turns showing off their defensive skills, eliciting cheers and a gasp of disbelief or two from the crowd at Excite Ballpark Saturday night.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 26 July 2026
The Orioles promoted prospects Luis De León and Wehiwa Aloy to Triple-A and Double-A, respectively, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation.

— Jake Kauderer, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2026

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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
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

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Browning and Eveland developed the educational curriculum that would provide both an understanding and hands-on experience in a friendly environment where questions are encouraged.

— Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
Things slowly improved as drummers were encouraged at Arrowhead, but even a big turnout of 20,000 fans looked tiny in a stadium that could seat four times that number.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

Definition of encouraged

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Leandro Erlich, Bâtiment, 2004, a building facade laid flat beneath a mirror suspended at a 45-degree angle, 930 x 806 x 1445 cm.

— Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
President Woodrow Wilson was re-elected the year that pipe was laid, and the Germans attacked the French in the World War I Battle of Verdun, with the death toll topping 700,000.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of laid

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But the majority of the album is focused on the machinery that brings stars to life, with nods to the Velvet Underground, a band that was famously nurtured by a man who knew a little something about that.

— Caryn Ganz, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
Policy makers have nudged it into reserve baskets, offered central bank swap lines, nurtured its own payment system and more.

— Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 17 July 2026

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