as in nascent
beginning to come into existence
I have an incipient dislike and distrust of that guy, and I only met him this morning
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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.
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Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
Voters who remembered the troubles of the first Trump presidency—the rising unemployment, the decreasing health insurance coverage, the erosion of diplomatic alliances, the children separated from their families at the border, and the violent attack on the Capitol—saw an incipient emergency.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
That incipient definition characterized a lot of early thinking about dyslexia.
—Sarah Carr, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Rotary motion in a thunderstorm may be a sign of an incipient tornado or one that is forming.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
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Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
Voters who remembered the troubles of the first Trump presidency—the rising unemployment, the decreasing health insurance coverage, the erosion of diplomatic alliances, the children separated from their families at the border, and the violent attack on the Capitol—saw an incipient emergency.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
That incipient definition characterized a lot of early thinking about dyslexia.
—Sarah Carr, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Rotary motion in a thunderstorm may be a sign of an incipient tornado or one that is forming.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incipient
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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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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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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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“Incipient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incipient. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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