incipiently

as in initially

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Adverb
  • The unit offers mostly young, nonviolent offenders an opportunity to avoid prosecution by completing a program to address the issues that initially led to their arrest.
    Bram Sable-Smith, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
  • Interviewed later by Fort Lauderdale Police investigators, Lockwood initially denied placing the tracker on the car but later admitted to it when speaking to a supervisor.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
Adverb
  • From Fingerlings to Founding A Healthcare Brand Fingerlings, released in 2017 by toy manufacturer WowWee, are small robotic figures, originally styled to resemble monkeys tiny enough to wrap their arms around a finger.
    Joan Verdon, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Ellen, aged eighty-two, is originally from Philadelphia, and is the daughter of a passionate Zionist.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Adverb
  • The Hudsons’ parents are actress Goldie Hawn and musician Bill Hudson, though both were primarily raised by Hawn and her longtime partner, Kurt Russell.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
  • Another group, led primarily by Maryland farmers, started collecting signatures to challenge the Renewable Energy Certainty Act, which focuses on solar farm siting in the state.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
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“Incipiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incipiently. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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