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embryonic

[em-bree-on-ik] / ˌɛm briˈɒn ɪk /


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You can hear an embryonic version on YouTube, external, recorded in Seattle in 2005.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Sometimes called “massives,” these embryonic raves bubbled underground, often in former industrial districts with available, frequently forgotten spaces.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

It was an embryonic version of reality TV.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

They give us Gothic architecture in its embryonic state, designs realized in graphic form just before their incarnation as solid matter.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Each day, at her microscope, examining the embryonic salmon for flaws in their structure, Claire looked at the large dark spots that were their primitive, unformed eyes.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry




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