nascent
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"Opposition is probably in a very nascent stage," said Sharad Agarwal, chief executive of data centre operator Sify Infinit Spaces.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
But those businesses are nascent and could just as easily fizzle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Kaye was writing about music — for publications like Rock Scene, Crawdaddy and Rolling Stone — when the discipline was still nascent.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Writing in a daily note to clients, Louis Gave, founding partner and co-chief executive of Gavekal Research in Hong Kong, discussed the relative success of China’s nascent AI industry.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The idea was still nascent and an actual decision many months away, but clearly it was taking hold in Barack’s mind.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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