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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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Researchers caution that the work is still at an early stage, and far more studies will be needed before discoveries in mice could translate into therapies for humans.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

But the service is still at an early stage.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The probe is at an early stage, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

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

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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