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
The flare-up quickly transformed Lebanon from a peripheral concern into a central question hanging over the Iran war and the nascent peace talks.
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Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
What happened The International Maritime Organization on Thursday paused a nascent effort to evacuate ships stranded in the Persian Gulf after Iran struck a cargo vessel, causing damage but no casualties, according to the ship’s owner.
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Peter Weber,
TheWeek,
26 June 2026
Not everyone knew, however, that this person so famous for turning against a nascent America was in fact a Connecticut resident born in Norwich, and a very prosperous and an initially very patriotic one at that.
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Helen I. Bennett,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2026
But the company is poised to play a leading role in the nascent Earth-return field, thanks to its launch dominance and vertical integration.
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Mike Wall,
Space.com,
23 June 2026
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Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
What happened The International Maritime Organization on Thursday paused a nascent effort to evacuate ships stranded in the Persian Gulf after Iran struck a cargo vessel, causing damage but no casualties, according to the ship’s owner.
—
Peter Weber,
TheWeek,
26 June 2026
Not everyone knew, however, that this person so famous for turning against a nascent America was in fact a Connecticut resident born in Norwich, and a very prosperous and an initially very patriotic one at that.
—
Helen I. Bennett,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2026
But the company is poised to play a leading role in the nascent Earth-return field, thanks to its launch dominance and vertical integration.
—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nascent
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Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association members have broadened to include NCAA Division I, II, and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Pacific Association Division, High School, Youth and Travel.
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Balogun matched Landon Donovan in 2010 for the second-most goals by an American in a World Cup, behind only Bert Patenaude's four in the initial tournament in 1930.
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The Kings led 28-22 at the end of the first quarter and carried a 55-48 advantage into the halftime break.
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Tehran has paused fragile negotiations with the US aimed at reaching a lasting deal to end their conflict during the multi-day funeral for Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli strike in February, on the first day of the war.
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Turbulent relations While the incipient reforms in Cuba advanced, Havana and Washington began diplomatic relations after half a century of confrontation.
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Even incipient technologies like quantum computing rely on specialized fabrication and precision engineering.
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Following the characters’ daily lives as tweens, the series shows us a much more vulnerable Angelica (Cheryl Chase), and a not-so-bald Tommy’s (Elizabeth Daily) imagination evolving into a budding filmmaking career.
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The camp will let budding designers explore and take the world of fashion to the next level using AI tools.
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Yet, even these inchoate moments deepen the music’s sense of honest confusion.
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These are the inchoate and unarticulated aspects of the relationship an author offers to us through a book, the parts of the reading experience that provide a kind of psychological mooring for a reader.
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Police were called to the elementary and middle school, and authorities are now working to identify the deceased individual.
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Biblical texts on the list include a picture-book adaptation of the David and Goliath story for elementary students and passages about Adam and Eve for older students.
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All that to say, a glass of rye whiskey, one of the oldest drinks in America and the original base of many of our earliest cocktails like Manhattans and Old Fashioneds, is an easy way to honor the scrappy American spirit.
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Here, the material can be charged earlier by light or another energy source, stored in the dark, and then used later to power a chemical reaction after the original energy input has been expended.
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“Nascent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nascent. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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