incipient
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After all, this is a company that holds itself out as the North Star of our incipient “space-faring civilization,” as Elon Musk puts it in SpaceX’s prospectus.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
He also signals, with chapters on highway-building, housing and incipient suburbanization, new forces that would radically reshape both the cityscape and patterns of living.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
“Doctor Strangelove,” “Catch-22,” and “M*A*S*H” collide in British journalist Phoebe Greenwood’s blistering debut novel, “Vulture,” a darkly comic, searing satire grounded in historic politics, suffused with incipient journalism and imbued with self-aggrandizement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
In 2018, as Adams begins to plan for his incipient mayoral campaign, a Turkish promoter reaches out to an Adams staffer with a straw-donor strategy.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2024
He had an incipient second chin that would have been emphasized had he looked down or nodded.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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