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as in infant
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as in emergent
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Recent Examples of embryonic
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.
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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
Putting on the brakes and stepping away refills your dwindling reservoir, replenishes your work mojo and provides an incubation period for embryonic work ideas to hatch.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The Texas Supreme Court is also currently considering taking up a lawsuit over IVF embryo division after a divorce — a case that could allow the court's nine conservative justices to rule on embryonic personhood.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 23 May 2024
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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
Putting on the brakes and stepping away refills your dwindling reservoir, replenishes your work mojo and provides an incubation period for embryonic work ideas to hatch.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The Texas Supreme Court is also currently considering taking up a lawsuit over IVF embryo division after a divorce — a case that could allow the court's nine conservative justices to rule on embryonic personhood.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 23 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embryonic
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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
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The devilish Goblin King gave protagonist Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) 13 hours to break free of his supernatural maze in order to save her infant half-brother, Toby.—
Marc Bernardin,
EW.com,
11 Mar. 2024
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When fear, exhaustion, or resignation crowds out citizens’ commitment to democracy, emergent authoritarianism begins to take root.—
STEVEN LEVITSKY,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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Mahler-Werfel admired Gropius’s architectural talent but had little sympathy for the hyper-objectivity of the emergent Bauhaus movement.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 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
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But germinal centers did not form in the thoracic lymph nodes and spleens of the autopsied COVID-19 patients, the researchers reported.—
Jon Cohen,
Science | AAAS,
25 Aug. 2020
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The Yogurt Shop Murders Director: Margaret Brown, Producers: Alice Henty, Michael Bloch In 1991, four teenage girls were brutally murdered at a frozen yogurt shop in Austin.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Feb. 2025
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Olivero’s riveting performance mingles entitled teenage petulance with darker reserves of rage, all crammed behind a feline mean-girl demeanor.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025
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Scientists theorized that the asteroid contained traces of water and organic molecules and that similar asteroids could have brought these materials to a primordial Earth.—
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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Colossal has established a flock of Nicobar pigeons, the dodo’s closest living relative, which will act as donors for primordial germ cells that will be genetically edited to have dodo characteristics.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
16 Jan. 2025
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But even then, the Dodgers’ looming interest (and considerable scouting attention) in the budding ace was clear, as The Times reported in November 2023.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Back at his home in Carlsbad, Calif., Lawlor's son, Cian Lawlor, is a fifth grader and budding journalist at Magnolia Elementary School.—
Janet W. Lee,
NPR,
18 Jan. 2025
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And fellow young Republicans are celebrating having one of their own join the executive branch for the first time.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Questioning the boundaries of Mexican identity is a recurring concern amongst younger Mexican artists working today.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
10 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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Does Dellinger’s death suggest that Utah Territory, and by extension America itself, will always be driven by primeval conflict?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Embryonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embryonic. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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