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
Some excess material is therefore spat away, channelled by the star's nascent magnetic field into beams of matter that spurt from the young star's magnetic poles.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 June 2025
Industry critics say higher taxes could hurt the state’s nascent legal cannabis marketplace — which still hasn’t fully launched — by making black market alternatives more appealing to customers.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
And when the center and a group of locals began planning the conservation district, Vasquez joined the nascent Wynwood Community Enhancement Association and became a leading supporter of the new zoning and the Bakehouse plan.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
Marketers who get in early with nascent media properties can often win favorable rates or hard-to-secure integrations, and a relationship built in the first years of existence can develop into something bigger as time marches on.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 June 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 June 2025
Industry critics say higher taxes could hurt the state’s nascent legal cannabis marketplace — which still hasn’t fully launched — by making black market alternatives more appealing to customers.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
And when the center and a group of locals began planning the conservation district, Vasquez joined the nascent Wynwood Community Enhancement Association and became a leading supporter of the new zoning and the Bakehouse plan.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
Marketers who get in early with nascent media properties can often win favorable rates or hard-to-secure integrations, and a relationship built in the first years of existence can develop into something bigger as time marches on.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nascent
Adjective
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The project saw its construction costs triple from an initial request for proposals estimate of $54 million in 2021 to its final budget of $152 million, which was presented to the University of California Board of Regents for approval in 2022.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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The film added an additional $30 million overseas, propelling its initial worldwide tally to $60 million.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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News of its foray into prediction markets has helped its stock price gain more than 100% in the first half of 2025.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
29 June 2025
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Was there a sense of pressure returning to this world after the success of the first film?—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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Consequently, embracing innovation and technology to contain incipient fires quickly is critical.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Since the shale boom, oil prices and the U.S. dollar have risen in tandem, suggesting an incipient case of Dutch disease in the United States.—
Michael L. Ross,
Foreign Affairs,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Netflix’s Forever series starring Simone and Michael Cooper Jr. unfolds as a contemporary, budding love story between two shy teenagers who have vibrant dreams set in Los Angeles.—
Malik Peay,
Essence,
12 June 2025
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Of course, Gilgeous-Alexander won the NBA MVP award this season and Haliburton has emerged as a budding superstar.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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What To Know The growing resistance to phones on school grounds has been burgeoning since Florida enacted statewide changes in elementary and middle schools in 2023.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Queen, an elementary schooler at the time, preferred to play at Goldilocks, another neighborhood court five blocks away.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Because these are open-box deals, the items have been taken out of their original packaging and could arrive with minor scratches—but that won’t stop us from accepting the massive discount.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 June 2025
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The building is listed at $2.49 million, a drop from its original price of $2.9 million.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2025
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“Nascent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nascent. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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