incubator
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In the 1930s and 1940s, postrevolutionary Mexico emerged as both an incubator of modern art and haven for European refugees, political exiles and other expats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
TekTrek, a startup incubator also in its inaugural summer, recruited mainly from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard and Princeton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The corals spend months growing in an incubator before transplantation.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
When asked why, she claimed it reminded her of being a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit and touching her parents’ hands through the small opening in her incubator.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
“Angel, on the top of the incubator, just above Jake’s shriveled head, someone had fastened a miniature golden angel, maybe from a necklace or something. The angel was gazing down into the incubator.”
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
In an interview with Belly of the Beast, a Cuba-focused website, Jayapal described visiting a maternity hospital where they saw premature babies in incubators.
From Barron's ● Apr. 6, 2026
This isn’t unheard of: Some universities already have taxable, for-profit arms, whether it’s in real estate development, hospitality or startup incubators.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
Next, it is cut into slices 10-20 brain cells deep, before being stored in specialised incubators to keep the tissue alive.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
“As time goes on, these camps are incubators for radicalization,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
When the nurses came to change her, she kicked her thumb-sized feet and hollered so loudly the babies in nearby incubators woke and joined in.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
