as in initial
beginning to come into existence
only just recently gained an inceptive understanding of the overwhelming vastness of the universe
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Recent Examples of inceptive
Vaccinating our faculty and staff is our first step toward keeping our schools open and safe and will be inceptive to reopening our economy.
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Margaret W. Long, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2020
Margaret W. Long, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2020
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Assuming an initial retail price of $25 per month, or $300 per year, Fishman sees the new platform generating some $259 million in incremental revenue in 2026, given a base of 1 million paying customers.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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But when things take a trippy turn during their initial make-out, they are suddenly doomed to relive the same day over and again, Groundhog Day-style.Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
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Two votes mean twice as much time for companies to hassle workers, while putting an undue burden on the nascent union, Danielson said.Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 9 Dec. 2024
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Since the use of satellite imagery as data is fairly nascent, scientists continue to fine-tune their models, tools and techniques to extract the greatest insights out of this form of data.Carlos Melendez, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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With the first season deemed successful and warmly received, the prospect of merging these two racing entities has become a possibility.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Pearlman’s first round of NFL visits, in 2022, was a roaring success.Justin Birnbaum, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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This event took place at Global Education Academy, predominantly serving Latino students, where 400 elementary and middle school students were given toys, meals, and artist merchandise.Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2024
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The International Baccalaureate curriculum at Jones encourages the elementary students there to use a global perspective in education through respect, inquiry, growth and service, according to the district.NWA Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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The first efforts to contend with the issue of prostitution in America were, Payne shows, influenced by British campaigners who drew strength from incipient feminist activity but who also rooted themselves in the anti-slavery movement.Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Soon, Caserta was something of an unofficial clothier to the freaks and runaways and incipient rock stars who had begun to populate the area.Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2024
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In life, Nichols had been diminished to an abstraction, a target for the inchoate rage of men who were, at least nominally, part of his own community.Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2023
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Williams and his admirers were certainly right to point out the inchoate and woolly nature of much of the 'survival of the species' talk which was in the air in the mid-20th century.Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2011
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“Inceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inceptive. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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