early stage

ADJECTIVE

benign

Synonyms

STRONGEST

harmless

WEAK

curable limited remediable slight superficial

Antonyms

WEAK

bad cancerous disadvantageous harmful hateful hostile hurtful injurious malignant severe unkind

NOUN

origin

Synonyms

STRONGEST

birth genesis

STRONG

alpha commencement creation dawn dawning embarkation emergence entrance entry forging foundation inauguration ingress initiation introduction launch nativity opener origination outbreak outset rise start

WEAK

blast off day one git go square one starting point

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conclusion end finish

STRONG

close completion death ending exit stop

WEAK

consequence destiny effect finale goal outcome outgrowth result termination

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The next step will be early stage clinical trials to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the treatment in people with solid tumors and blood cancers.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

"They allow police to step in at an early stage to prevent harm and disrupt organisations while we investigate," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

But the data surrounding colon-cancer rates is alarming, and getting screened is crucial to preventing colon cancer or catching it at an early stage.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

While promising, these photonic technologies are still at an early stage and face hurdles related to efficiency, scalability, and cost.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Some stars may be surrounded by millions of lifeless and rocky worldlets, planetary systems frozen at some early stage in their evolution.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

early stage

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