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
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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