as in nascent
beginning to come into existence
inchoate feelings of affection for a man whom she had, up till now, thought of as only a friend
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Recent Examples of inchoate
Other milestones in the proposal Musk would need to meet in order to receive his reward include the deployment of autonomous taxis and humanoid robots, an inchoate industry Tesla is heavily investing in.
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Connor Greene, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
The residents are aggressive only toward outsiders, and this attitude is at least partly justified, given the role of Quill’s work in imposing legal order on the inchoate village.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Many of Piker’s viewers come to him with inchoate opinions.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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
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Connor Greene, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
The residents are aggressive only toward outsiders, and this attitude is at least partly justified, given the role of Quill’s work in imposing legal order on the inchoate village.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Many of Piker’s viewers come to him with inchoate opinions.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inchoate
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For Netflix, which is still more nascent in the space than its traditional competitors, the KPop Demon Hunter deals mark a major expansion.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
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Not all his family returned with him, worried that the nascent ceasefire may not hold.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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His initial coping mechanism was to throw his water bottle in frustration.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The items collect dust, and the space is rarely revisited after the initial setup until the holidays come around.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
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To her credit, Shannon shakes off the incipient paranoia and goes hard into the giggles at anything and everyone at the table.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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On the macro front, there’s no doubt that the jobs report turned up the level of concern about the economy’s growth pace by a few clicks, while putting some pressure on the not-insignificant camp of economic handicappers who have been calling for an incipient reacceleration in U.S. growth.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
6 Sep. 2025
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Tim Curry of Rocky Horror Picture Show fame memorably gave the dancing clown its first breath in a 1990 miniseries co-written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Flames, meanwhile, are still searching for their first win at home after starting their season 1-6-0.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Inchoate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inchoate. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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