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
To help nascent leaders get started on the right foot, 20 Forbes Business Council members provide tips for building confidence and authority as a first-time team or company leader.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The Royals have hovered around .500 in this nascent spring.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
But if enacted, some of the ideas proposed also risk destroying a nascent private sector and worsening the country’s ongoing humanitarian crisis.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
ExxonMobil are in, but haven’t revealed their nascent projects.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The Royals have hovered around .500 in this nascent spring.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
But if enacted, some of the ideas proposed also risk destroying a nascent private sector and worsening the country’s ongoing humanitarian crisis.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
ExxonMobil are in, but haven’t revealed their nascent projects.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nascent
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As with the coal black tree snake, the atra tree snake has thus far only been found on its initial island of discovery, Misima.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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This experiment also found low genetic diversity and high inbreeding among corpse flowers in institutions, confirming the initial findings.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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Mercury in your sign for the first couple of weeks in February sharpens your focus, giving you the clarity needed to map out your vision.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
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The style retailer, which expanded to include accessories, fragrances and footwear, won Combs a Council of Fashion Designers of America Award in 2004 for menswear designer of the year, the first Black designer to earn the honor.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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The Judeo-Christian tradition, which began with God's world-transforming revelation to the incipient Israelite nation at Mount Sinai, birthed Western civilization and has nourished it over the course of thousands of years.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Is a scramble for resources to blame for conflict, or are incipient inequalities and economic injustice the primary cause; or perhaps the two are related in some way?—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Its budding sweetness promises both a gorgeous glow and a more joyful makeup routine.—
María Munsuri,
Vogue,
23 Apr. 2025
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Washington and Beijing have descended into a budding trade war that currently sees China subjected to 145-percent tariffs on its exports to the U.S.—with some exceptions—,while U.S. products sent to China face a 125-percent tax.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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Many of Piker’s viewers come to him with inchoate opinions.—
Andrew Marantz,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Running deep beneath all these threads seemed to be an inchoate feeling that simply to show evil was to become its apprentice.—
Cutter Wood,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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That really elementary approach to writing is one of my favorite things.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
23 Apr. 2025
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There are no plans to increase the student-teacher ratio at elementary and intermediate schools.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2025
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Because of scheduling conflicts, McDermott and Hopkins replaced original actors Brady Noon and Jensen Ackles in major roles.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Scopely spent $70 million and seven years, beginning in 2016, trying to figure out the best way to adapt the original board game for a very different experience of gaming on a mobile phone, with a free-to-play mechanic and a strong social component.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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“Nascent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nascent. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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