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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But its advertising technology is in an early stage and the commercialization of agentic platforms seems low, they write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

The case is still at an early stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

What’s Next: TD Cowen analysts see prediction markets as an early stage opportunity that expands the addressable market.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

However, if investigations are to continue, he says, much more transparency is needed, with information being provided much more freely at an early stage.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

All those microbes are still at an early stage in their evolution into specialized human pathogens.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

early stage

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