as in beginning
the point at which something begins
the Internet was still in its nascency when she created her first website
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Recent Examples of nascency
Given the nascency of the field, our ability to properly estimate emerging risks through model evaluations would notably benefit from coordinated efforts.
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Henry Papadatos, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
Unionization among Senate staff is a big milestone for organizers, but the movement is in its nascency.
—Julia Malleck, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2023
And also [being] right at the nascency of just becoming a public company with an incredibly rich history behind it: founded in 1998, acquired by eBay in 2002, and this whole story which then developed into corporate activism and separation.
—Claire Stern, ELLE, 22 Dec. 2022
The panelists discussed the concept of the metaverse, which is still in is nascency.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Nov. 2022
But by the 19th century, new technologies like the mechanized production of cloth and the nascency of synthetic dyes—which made the color black slightly cheaper to render—helped businessmen see dollar signs in death.
—Katie Thornton, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2022
Microsoft does bring gaming to the table, where there’s opportunity and innovation but nascency.
—Forrester, Forbes, 19 July 2022
While the concept is still in its nascency, widespread metaverse adoption will be led by communities and creators.
—Ricky Ray Butler, Forbes, 11 July 2022
So, the nascency of the EV industry does not have much to do with electric planes.
—Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 9 June 2022
Henry Papadatos, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
Unionization among Senate staff is a big milestone for organizers, but the movement is in its nascency.
—Julia Malleck, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2023
And also [being] right at the nascency of just becoming a public company with an incredibly rich history behind it: founded in 1998, acquired by eBay in 2002, and this whole story which then developed into corporate activism and separation.
—Claire Stern, ELLE, 22 Dec. 2022
The panelists discussed the concept of the metaverse, which is still in is nascency.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Nov. 2022
But by the 19th century, new technologies like the mechanized production of cloth and the nascency of synthetic dyes—which made the color black slightly cheaper to render—helped businessmen see dollar signs in death.
—Katie Thornton, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2022
Microsoft does bring gaming to the table, where there’s opportunity and innovation but nascency.
—Forrester, Forbes, 19 July 2022
While the concept is still in its nascency, widespread metaverse adoption will be led by communities and creators.
—Ricky Ray Butler, Forbes, 11 July 2022
So, the nascency of the EV industry does not have much to do with electric planes.
—Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 9 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nascency
Noun
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There were language gaps, especially at the beginning.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Apr. 2025
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Type 1: The Starting Goal The first type of financial goal is the one set at the beginning of a financial journey.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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To the extent that such neat inception points exist in real life, an afternoon at an aging movie palace on the corner of Lake Park and Grand Avenues, in central Oakland, California, provided one for the filmmaker Ryan Coogler.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The brewery had operated at the Ice Blocks since the development’s inception, expanding into an adjacent space in 2022.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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That was Monday, the day Blewett joined his third major-league team in a two-week span, and one day before the 6-foot-6 right-hander was thrust into the first start of his MLB career.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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But while the Albertsons crew is only just revealing themselves for the first time, discretion was only really a priority at the very start.—
Nate Rogers,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Today’s college students are thinking about careers long before commencement rolls around.—
Christine Y. Cruzvergara,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The commencement announcement comes about two months after Texas State University announced plans to award Sheridan an honorary doctorate.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2025
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What To Know The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of National Social Security Month in 2020 and it was not reinstated during the Biden administration.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Barker says the league has embraced the two different viewing perspectives of seeing players live on site or with their families elsewhere after conducting a fully virtual draft during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Senior quants or portfolio managers directly generating alpha can earn $1 million to $10 million in exceptional years.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Jensen Huang is tech’s new alpha dog Huang’s greatest strength as a CEO has been his willingness to make big, risky bets when opportunities present themselves.—
James Surowiecki,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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Tahoe Therapeutics and the Arc Institute have recently partnered in the launch of the Arc Virtual Cell Atlas: the most comprehensive and diverse public database of single-cell level transcriptomic data across a wide range of perturbations.—
Amelia Palermo,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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This has prompted the department to prepare the launch of a new series of alphanumeric license plates for the first time in nearly half a century.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Nascency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nascency. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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