as in initial
beginning to come into existence
one of the leading figures in the nascent civil-rights movement
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Recent Examples of nascent
But data measuring which companies are best prepared remains nascent and hard to translate into the metrics that drive investment decisions.
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Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
The updates from last year’s conference also led to a stock surge as Wall Street became more confident about Salesforce’s ability to capitalize on the nascent technology.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
After the original group’s breakup, Page considered naming his nascent band The New Yardbirds but settled on Led Zeppelin.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
In other words, the country’s existing industrial and financial ecosystem often helps nascent industries, benefiting both.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
The updates from last year’s conference also led to a stock surge as Wall Street became more confident about Salesforce’s ability to capitalize on the nascent technology.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
After the original group’s breakup, Page considered naming his nascent band The New Yardbirds but settled on Led Zeppelin.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
In other words, the country’s existing industrial and financial ecosystem often helps nascent industries, benefiting both.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nascent
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With more than 600 million copies of the books sold worldwide, and everything related to them continuing to do well years after the initial release of the books, one wonders how this series remains popular despite the deluge of young adult novels (and controversy) that followed it.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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In an email, Uber said Rinderknecht passed his initial background check in 2023.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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After drawing 1-1 with Manchester United at the beginning of the month, dropping points for the first time in the Women’s Super League (WSL) this season, Chelsea needed a penalty to equalise and finish with the same result away against FC Twente of the Vrouwen Eredivisie.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Friday’s press conference before Game 1 of the finals marked Engelbert’s first public comments since her stewardship came under fire from some of the league’s biggest stars earlier this week.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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On the macro front, there’s no doubt that the jobs report turned up the level of concern about the economy’s growth pace by a few clicks, while putting some pressure on the not-insignificant camp of economic handicappers who have been calling for an incipient reacceleration in U.S. growth.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
6 Sep. 2025
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The following excerpt details their match at the 2022 U.S. Open, in which Alcaraz and Sinner played the computer-game epic that announced their incipient takeover of tennis to the world.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Each had budding professional and academic careers.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Sep. 2025
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Look-alike models are a danger in the hands of a budding authoritarian state.—
David Karpf,
The Atlantic,
24 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the people defacing Friend’s advertisements are expressing a much larger, inchoate rage at the broader AI industry, not just these plastic pendants that practically nobody owns.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
6 Oct. 2025
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The passions and dreams that drove the movement can seem inchoate, naïve, and contradictory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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According to court documents, six elementary-aged students came forward with allegations against Riscovallez.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
10 Oct. 2025
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Grapevine-Colleyville school board president Shannon Braun said the district will close elementary campuses, but no decisions have been made on how many will be on the chopping block.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Oct. 2025
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The original sword requested by administration officials was given to Eisenhower in 1947 by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Gathering more accurate data about right whales while revising the original law would help protect the animals, Olsen said.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Nascent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nascent. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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