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
That the incipient games are likely to be less a party than a very expensive headache.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
But he stressed there were "incipient problems" not being tackled.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 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
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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