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
As more firms jumped to California, drawn by state government incentives, WF-1’s creators and the next cohort of UMass grads assumed important roles in the nascent market.
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2026
His reflexive suspicion of causes left him more dismayed than energized by the nascent conflict.
—John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
The connectivity segment also includes the nascent Starlink Mobile direct-to-cell business and Starshield, which military experts say is reshaping warfighting.
—Morgan Brennan,harriet Taylor, CNBC, 12 June 2026
The Food and Drug Administration has only authorized a handful of wearable features for clinical use, and the evidence base for using wearable data to inform medical care is nascent.
—Mario Aguilar, STAT, 9 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for nascent
IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2026
His reflexive suspicion of causes left him more dismayed than energized by the nascent conflict.
—John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
The connectivity segment also includes the nascent Starlink Mobile direct-to-cell business and Starshield, which military experts say is reshaping warfighting.
—Morgan Brennan,harriet Taylor, CNBC, 12 June 2026
The Food and Drug Administration has only authorized a handful of wearable features for clinical use, and the evidence base for using wearable data to inform medical care is nascent.
—Mario Aguilar, STAT, 9 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for nascent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nascent
Adjective
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The development came after the judge ruled in May that evidence found during an initial search of Mangione's backpack must be suppressed, including a magazine, cell phone, passport and wallet.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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McGarry, while supportive of the county's initial steps, remains skeptical that the ordinance goes far enough to protect the most vulnerable residents.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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Giants second baseman Luis Arraez left Tuesday night’s game against the Athletics after fouling a ball off his right foot in the bottom of the first inning and is questionable for Wednesday night’s matchup.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
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Karaban earned first-team All-Big East Conference honors as a senior this season.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Adjective
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Even incipient technologies like quantum computing rely on specialized fabrication and precision engineering.—
Eric Kutcher,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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Their evident fondness for one another, glowing warmly alongside all their sniping and whispering and eye-rolling, allows all the nightmares in Big Mistakes to feel like a lark rather than an incipient calamity.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 June 2026
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Brown secured Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour that week, solidifying his status as one of the game’s youngest and hottest budding stars.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Yet, even these inchoate moments deepen the music’s sense of honest confusion.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2026
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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.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Speaking of immersive, MacKay and Turner only acquired an elementary grasp of the mechanics of fishing, but that’s by design.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
18 June 2026
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The lawsuit cited the facility's proximity to elementary and middle schools and residential neighborhoods.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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As the investigation continued, evidence emerged that directly contradicted original theories that Jason Hobby had started or maintained the Alexander Mountain Fire.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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That tournament produced nearly a half-billion dollars in economic activity, double the original projections.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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“Nascent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nascent. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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