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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At an early stage, Morens asked his correspondents to communicate through his personal email address so their exchanges wouldn’t be subject to freedom of information requests.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Although the results are promising, the research is still at an early stage.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

In January, Kelonia said the Food and Drug Administration had greenlighted early stage, or Phase 1, testing of the experimental treatment’s safety in up to 40 volunteers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

That said, stress is beginning to show at the margins, with early stage credit and mortgage delinquencies rising year over year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

At most he plays with the idea of handing it on to someone else’s care — and that only at an early stage, when it first begins to grip.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

early stage

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