embryonic
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The sport that began in embryonic form a year before the modern Olympics launched in Athens now wants to join the greatest sporting show on Earth.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
“It effectively trained a whole series of Cuban business executives on how modern companies work,” Entwistle said, helping create “an embryonic business class that was very, very revolutionary in Cuba at the time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
On the other hand, the sun of Naples might be conducive to learning something about the biochemistry of the embryonic development of marine animals.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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