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as in infant
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as in emergent
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Recent Examples of embryonic
During embryonic development, the cartilage of fish gills and the cartilage of the mammalian external ear arise from the same cells.
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Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
So is immediately expressing exciting embryonic thoughts swirling around in your brain.
—Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
In those moments that might seem empty and needless, strategies and solutions that have been there all along in some embryonic form are given space to come to life.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The old president is impotent, the new president is embryonic, Congress is inert, and the press has one eye on the mistletoe.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 16 Dec. 2024
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Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
So is immediately expressing exciting embryonic thoughts swirling around in your brain.
—Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
In those moments that might seem empty and needless, strategies and solutions that have been there all along in some embryonic form are given space to come to life.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The old president is impotent, the new president is embryonic, Congress is inert, and the press has one eye on the mistletoe.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embryonic
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Spectrum: Are infant wearable companies like Owlet capitalizing on parents’ fear of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), which is still pretty mysterious?—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
10 Feb. 2017
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The devilish Goblin King gave protagonist Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) 13 hours to break free of his supernatural maze in order to save her infant half-brother, Toby.—
Marc Bernardin,
EW.com,
11 Mar. 2024
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The main source of the hoopla is the emergent Chinese startup DeepSeek, which rattled the Club stock late last month with claims of more efficient AI models.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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This adds to an emergent trend, as the seven worst-performing Marvel films in their second weeks of release all came out after Avengers: Endgame.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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Some believe — and were trained to think — the disease begins in the germinal center, a structure in the lymph nodes where immune cells interact with antigens in a way that creates a powerful pathogen-fighting response (think vaccines and infections).—
Isabella Cueto,
STAT,
18 June 2022
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But germinal centers did not form in the thoracic lymph nodes and spleens of the autopsied COVID-19 patients, the researchers reported.—
Jon Cohen,
Science | AAAS,
25 Aug. 2020
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Clarkson’s cargo pants are taking me right back to my teenage years and giving tons of practical yet fashion-forward style inspo.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Lululemon Align Cropped Cami Tank Light Support, A/B Cup $68 $29 at Lululemon Like the support tank top of my millennial mom youth, cropped tanks are a staple in my teenage daughters' wardrobes.—
Chaunie Brusie, RN,
Parents,
15 Feb. 2025
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The researchers simulated early Earth and how its primordial environment affected the color of the planet’s oceans.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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This residual internal energy can warm the base of the atmosphere as the planet cools, lifting up the primordial envelope from below and helping gas to escape, along with the pull from stellar radiation.—
Dakotah Tyler,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2025
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Jones’ father was one of the state’s most powerful machine Democrats who often batted away allegations of nepotism and famously gave a boost to the budding political career of Barack Obama, who rose from the Illinois Senate to eventually become president.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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With less than a minute left in a one-possession game, the Rockets turned to budding star Amen Thompson to tie it up.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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Geller said sharing her home with a younger generation has brought life to her house.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Here, a look at photos of a young Laura Dern doing just that.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
22 Feb. 2025
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These places maintain the largest amount of intact primeval forest and the highest populations of bears, wolves and lynx in all of Europe.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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Does Dellinger’s death suggest that Utah Territory, and by extension America itself, will always be driven by primeval conflict?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Embryonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embryonic. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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