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incubate

[in-kyuh-beyt, ing-] / ˈɪn kyəˌbeɪt, ˈɪŋ- /
VERB
hatch
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We’ve watched it incubate in this country since Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

He’d helped incubate and grow businesses such as Blaze Pizza and Wetzel’s Pretzels with his business partner, Phelps.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2025

"It may take a few hours or days, but let it incubate in your brain," he explains.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024

Fecal samples from the children were exposed to several levels of BPA and allowed to incubate for 3 days.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024

The shells of her eggs would be thin and eventually smash when she tried to incubate them.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George