nascence

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“From the genre’s nascence as an oral tradition, rap artists have played the part of storytellers, providing a lens into their lives and those in their communities,” Hall wrote.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

When Congress created Medicare in 1965, hearing aids were in their nascence, Dr. Lin said, and hearing loss was “not seen as anything remotely important.”

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2021

Robb refused, calling the request “unprecedented since the nascence of the National Labor Relations Act” and saying his removal “would set an unfortunate precedent,” in a letter he sent the White House.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2021

Yet that faith, from its nascence, was tested on various fronts.

From Forbes • Oct. 2, 2014

That spirit alone can preclude the gradual nascence of desire to call into existence a new balance of power.

From Before the War by Haldane, R. B. Haldane (Richard Burdon Haldane), Viscount