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nascent

[ney-suhnt, nas-uhnt] / ˈneɪ sənt, ˈnæs ənt /








ADJECTIVE
underdeveloped
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Better tools for observability are being developed but are still nascent, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

“Clive Davis had the unique ability to recognize and cultivate great talent in its most nascent phase,” Friedlander said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

German exports in July retreated for the first time since January, slowing a nascent recovery in net trade that helped drive the country’s economic growth in the first half of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

That suggests that even if Anthropic and OpenAI IPOs live up to Wall Street’s lofty expectations, these companies will be long dealing with risky political and regulatory headaches atypical for nascent industries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

For both of those reasons, all developments of economically complex, socially stratified, politically centralized societies beyond the level of small nascent chiefdoms were based on food production.

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




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