inchoative

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inchoative
Adjective
  • The trust would be funded in installments over several years, beginning with an initial installment of about $65 million and growing by $10 million to $13 million for the next several years.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • On Thursday, the market will receive initial jobless claims data, offering a snapshot of the labor market’s health, along with the Producer Price Index (PPI) and core PPI data.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Both defenses are stepping up after these teams combined for 79 points in their first matchup, which is the highest scoring game in the NFL so far this season.
    NBC News, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Many families have to wait months to receive the first appointment with a mental health professional through their insurance and then have to wait three to four months again to have the second appointment.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Criminals And Law Abiding Citizens Use CPN’s Barbara Simcox, an expert in synthetic identity, held fraud investigator stints with Chase, Bank of America, and MBNA during the formative years when the synthetic problem was just emerging in the US.
    Frank McKenna, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • For The Times) Harris has described her formative years living in a Berkeley duplex as an ideal place for a child of immigrants and an influential introduction to Black leadership.
    Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Smoke was also limiting visibility and slowing traffic on the busy U.S. 101 freeway, south of the state route, the department said on X. High winds caused spot fires to ignite 2½ miles away in front of the site of the original blaze, Ventura County Fire Chief Dustin Gardner said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • First, showrunner Jac Schaeffer did not flat-out deny a season 2 was coming in recent interviews, despite that apparently being the original plan.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The resulting defense industrial cooperation and incipient integration is likely to go well beyond what existed among the twentieth-century axis partners.
    Stephen Hadley, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Instead, his nativist agenda would spread divisive conflict and mainly serve to fortify his presidential powers and enhance his image as the leader of an incipient authoritarian project.
    Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Its time as an economic juggernaut is still nascent, however, with Novo’s valuation increasing by more than 400% in the last six years.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Trump joined TikTok in June and Harris' nascent presidential campaign was given a big boost by fan edit compilations on the app.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • There are fundamental values on the line, even beyond democracy — women’s rights, civil rights, the safety of immigrants.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • This layer is essential for storing large volumes of data, fundamental for future analysis and strategic planning.
    Greg Kihlstrom, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Inchoative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inchoative. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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