incipient

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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

It is among a handful of countries, inlcuding the European Union, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Thailand, that are regulating what is still an incipient edible insects industry.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024

When he removed his boots he discovered incipient frostbite on several toes.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer