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as in infant
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as in emergent
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Recent Examples of embryonic
During embryonic development, the cartilage of fish gills and the cartilage of the mammalian external ear arise from the same cells.
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Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
So is immediately expressing exciting embryonic thoughts swirling around in your brain.
—Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
In those moments that might seem empty and needless, strategies and solutions that have been there all along in some embryonic form are given space to come to life.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The old president is impotent, the new president is embryonic, Congress is inert, and the press has one eye on the mistletoe.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 16 Dec. 2024
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Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
So is immediately expressing exciting embryonic thoughts swirling around in your brain.
—Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
In those moments that might seem empty and needless, strategies and solutions that have been there all along in some embryonic form are given space to come to life.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The old president is impotent, the new president is embryonic, Congress is inert, and the press has one eye on the mistletoe.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embryonic
Adjective
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Mini Winnie is yet another infant chimp that needs the care of her foster mother.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Spectrum: Are infant wearable companies like Owlet capitalizing on parents’ fear of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), which is still pretty mysterious?—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
10 Feb. 2017
Adjective
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While true, this timing may not provide sufficient clarity or comfort to borrowers making more emergent career decisions.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Notably, the secret document also confirms earlier reporting by the Miami Herald first describing how remittances have helped finance Cuba’s emergent private sector.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.—
Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Some believe — and were trained to think — the disease begins in the germinal center, a structure in the lymph nodes where immune cells interact with antigens in a way that creates a powerful pathogen-fighting response (think vaccines and infections).—
Isabella Cueto,
STAT,
18 June 2022
Adjective
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The victim, identified only as a teenage male, was shot an unknown number of times in the 13100 block of Jarvis Avenue in South L.A., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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More recently, the Disney movie Turning Red told a mythical tale involving a teenage girl going through puberty.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The researchers simulated early Earth and how its primordial environment affected the color of the planet’s oceans.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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This residual internal energy can warm the base of the atmosphere as the planet cools, lifting up the primordial envelope from below and helping gas to escape, along with the pull from stellar radiation.—
Dakotah Tyler,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2025
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Back in the Before Times, the pre-streaming era, budding young cinephiles learned about classic movies the old-fashioned way, by staying up past their bedtimes and tuning in to The Late, Late Show.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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During the research, one collaborator noticed that seagrasses grow complex colony patterns from budding clones — just like corals.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Ultimately, Wagner’s intangibles outweighed finding a younger replacement.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
7 Mar. 2025
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Those were kind of the personalities that shaped me and inspired me at a young age.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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The work recalls a kind of primeval decadence, in the best sense of that word.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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These places maintain the largest amount of intact primeval forest and the highest populations of bears, wolves and lynx in all of Europe.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Embryonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embryonic. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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