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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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Albright’s return is part of the early stage of a hopeful trend in not just northeast Ohio, but throughout the Midwest.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Sierra was always going to provide a tricky test, especially at this early stage of Raducanu's latest comeback.

From BBC • May 24, 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

He notes that at this early stage in the reporting season, positive surprises for companies announcing results are running roughly double the long-term average.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

At most he plays with the idea of handing it on to someone else’s care — and that only at an early stage, when it first begins to grip.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

early stage

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