as in initial
beginning to come into existence
one of the leading figures in the nascent civil-rights movement
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Recent Examples of nascent
Not only was the technology for natural language processing (NLP) still maturing, but there were troves of data that were not yet digitized (e.g., paper drawings), and image recognition and processing at the time were nascent, at best.
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Beena Ammanath, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
But the rise of the internet and social media as discovery platforms for self-promoting comedians has pushed the Canadian festival down the assembly line for nascent comedy talent.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
In the fall of 2022, the Biden administration began efforts to improve Ukraine’s drone manufacturing, which at that time was nascent.
—Jon Finer, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2025
The Grateful Dead is nascent enough that no definitive setlist information survives for either show.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
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Beena Ammanath, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
But the rise of the internet and social media as discovery platforms for self-promoting comedians has pushed the Canadian festival down the assembly line for nascent comedy talent.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
In the fall of 2022, the Biden administration began efforts to improve Ukraine’s drone manufacturing, which at that time was nascent.
—Jon Finer, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2025
The Grateful Dead is nascent enough that no definitive setlist information survives for either show.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nascent
Adjective
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Phishing Email Detection And Response Phishing remains the most common initial attack vector.—
Karan Alang,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Disclaimer: For this story, Fortune used generative AI to help with an initial draft.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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This is the first time the river has been opened to swimmers since 1923, Reuters reported.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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Now, for the first time, researchers from the University of Houston have unearthed a royal tomb in Caracol.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
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Consequently, embracing innovation and technology to contain incipient fires quickly is critical.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Since the shale boom, oil prices and the U.S. dollar have risen in tandem, suggesting an incipient case of Dutch disease in the United States.—
Michael L. Ross,
Foreign Affairs,
12 June 2025
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The audience was a mix of investors, developers and budding entrepreneurs.—
Saakshar Duggal,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Retreating deeper into the mind and spaces of comfort and budding habits did.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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Many of Piker’s viewers come to him with inchoate opinions.—
Andrew Marantz,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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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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In Uvalde, 19 elementary students and two teachers were killed.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
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There are elementary and middle school programs, too.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2025
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The current lineup of Jay & The Americans has one original member, 82-year-old harmony vocalist Sandy Deane Yaguda.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
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For example, at the start of this week, my favorite cheap laptop, the Vivobook 14 (Snapdragon X) was on sale for just $550—that's $200 off the original price and $100 off the previous lowest price.—
Luke Larsen,
Wired News,
12 July 2025
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“Nascent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nascent. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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