incipient
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Charlie McElligott, a strategist at Nomura, pointed out that earnings reports from a number of tech firms exposed incipient weakness in their core businesses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
After all, this is a company that holds itself out as the North Star of our incipient “space-faring civilization,” as Elon Musk puts it in SpaceX’s prospectus.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
That the incipient games are likely to be less a party than a very expensive headache.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
But he stressed there were "incipient problems" not being tackled.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
Furthermore, they are overwhelmingly concentrated in the Fertile Crescent or other parts of western Eurasia’s Mediterranean zone, which offered a huge selection to incipient farmers: about 32 of the world’s 56 prize wild grasses!
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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