nascent

adjective

ˈna-sᵊnt How to pronounce nascent (audio)
Definition of nascentnext
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 In the early years of the United States, when the nascent US Navy was still getting its sea legs, several presidents used privateers to capture or destroy enemy warships when armed naval vessels were unable to do so. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026 And there’s real money to be made—these nascent defense start-ups are raising multiples from 17 times to 50 times revenue, according to Fortune. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 22 July 2026 In a country whose hiking infrastructure is still nascent, the trail is helping to preserve green space and offering visitors the opportunity to see wildlife like monkeys, marmosets, coatis, sloths, and toucans. — Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026 Number 9 Films is producing in association with Beta Film, along with the nascent High Road Entertainment, while FEG is selling worldwide. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for nascent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nascent
  1. initial
  2. first
  3. incipient
  4. budding
  5. inchoate
  6. elementary
  7. original
Adjective
  • Home-share staff members typically interview the individual parties, run background checks, verify incomes, coordinate initial phone calls and meetings, and mediate if problems later arise.
    — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • The initial construction of the mask’s mouth is impressive, with long studs and angled pieces to cleverly but accurately recreate the classic triangle.
    — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of initial
Adjective
  • Now, with one-year mercenary players plus rapid roster turnover, the first game deters even the most addicted sports gambler.
    — Mac Engel July 28, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
  • For Glenn Robinson, winning Best Content Creator marked his first victory after several nominations in local competitions.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
Definition of first
Adjective
  • Yet people in Venezuela saw few indications of an incipient transition.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Nolan, who also wrote the screenplay, cuts between Ulysses’ trials and Telemachus’ travels through the Ionian isles to find out whether his father is still alive – a matter of some importance both to his incipient manhood and to Penelope back home.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026
Definition of incipient
Adjective
  • 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
  • The camp will let budding designers explore and take the world of fashion to the next level using AI tools.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
Definition of budding
Adjective
  • Yet, even these inchoate moments deepen the music’s sense of honest confusion.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of inchoate
Adjective
  • But now the Orange County School Board is poised to ban e-bikes and e-scooters from elementary and middle school campuses and allow them only at high schools, and only if the student has a driver’s license.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
  • Iranian media reported that body fragments of 32 victims of a bombing on an Iranian elementary girls' school nearly five months ago, identified after DNA tests, were laid to rest Wednesday.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 22 July 2026
Definition of elementary
Adjective
  • The burn box was found unopened in its original box and was not tested by evidence technicians.
    — Jason Kravarik, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • During the panel, del Toro teased a documentary that explores the process of creating the original film, which features appearances and commentary from Jacob Elordi, Cate Blanchett and Charlie Day.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 25 July 2026
Definition of original

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