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Recent Examples of incubation
All finalists gain access to potential Basque Country funding of up to €500,000 ($585,000) and free incubation space at regional innovation hubs.
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Callum McLennan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
At the same time, Pop Mart is doubling down on new IP incubation.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
One round of horse incubation can produce 2,000 vials of scorpion anti-venom or 200 vials of African snake anti-venom.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
This was largely due to habitat loss and the pesticide DDT, which caused eagle eggshells to become too brittle to survive incubation.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
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Callum McLennan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
At the same time, Pop Mart is doubling down on new IP incubation.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
One round of horse incubation can produce 2,000 vials of scorpion anti-venom or 200 vials of African snake anti-venom.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
This was largely due to habitat loss and the pesticide DDT, which caused eagle eggshells to become too brittle to survive incubation.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incubation
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Whether that prediction proves accurate will depend on both technological maturation and corporate America's willingness to embrace programmable money for mission-critical financial operations.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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In 2022, the distillery selected two five-year-old virgin oak casks of whisky to send to Antarctica for further maturation.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2025
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Paying close attention to how each pillow affected their sleep, any improvements in neck pain, restlessness, and temperature regulation, to determine which pillows made the grade as the most luxurious options out there, both in sleep feel and in material makeup.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
31 Oct. 2025
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Officials say the historic building is in need of improvements and upgrades.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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This is the time of year for leaves crunching underfoot and the ripening of rosehips.—
Fiona Embleton,
Glamour,
5 Oct. 2025
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However, all familiar fig varieties are parthenocarpic, meaning that the female syconia develop into tasty fruit without the benefit of pollination so male syconia are not needed for their maturation and ripening.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Incubation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incubation. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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