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nascent

[nay-suhnt, nas-uhnt] / ˈneɪ sənt, ˈnæs ənt /








ADJECTIVE
underdeveloped
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Research on whether current or future AI systems could develop consciousness may further bolster the nascent AI rights movement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Unlike previous booms, however, everybody can immediately use it — there’s no need for special equipment, the way many of us needed to buy a PC to surf a nascent internet, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

My nascent cinephilia was nurtured by movies on VHS.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

But waning momentum in the industrial sector threatens to derail a nascent recovery in the eurozone economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The shaken Tododaho agreed to add the Onondaga to the nascent alliance.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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