incipient
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Netflix has reportedly reached out to the administration to explain—correctly—why treating it as an incipient subscription streaming monopolist is wrong in a world of YouTube, TikTok and countless ad-supported streaming competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
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
“We were told that we should start small,” said guitarist Lucia de la Garza, laughing about their incipient prank war.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 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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