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incipient

[in-sip-ee-uhnt] / ɪnˈsɪp i ənt /


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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

Can they crush another incipient rebellion without igniting larger demonstrations?

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

"We kept seeing incipient problems which I thought were not being tackled properly, and indeed I thought the problems were getting worse," he told the House of Commons committee.

From BBC Nov. 24, 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

Matter blown outward from the Sun’s atmosphere, the solar wind, carries fragments of dust and ice back behind the comet, making an incipient tail.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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