infancy
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Bailey said the market for luxury electric cars was in its infancy, but that "Jaguar is right at the forefront of that".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Veterinary science was in its infancy, and many self-styled animal doctors in the U.S. had no formal training.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The season is in its infancy but Kane isn't basking in the success of the past 12 months.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Raker’s sister Hattie was buried next to her the following year, the child died in infancy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Johnny knew that it was no good omen that the old woman had no loyalty toward her mistress, whom she had known since her motherless infancy.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
We drank Diet Coke through grad school, made sure it was well-stocked at our wedding, painfully restricted our intake through two pregnancies, and only survived two sleepless infancies by the grace of DC.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2021
With these programs in their infancies, it’s difficult to determine their effectiveness just yet.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2013
Officials in Washington and Boston said that even in their programs’ infancies, they never encountered station failures like New York’s or widespread difficulties with docking.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2013
Pincus also invested in Napster, Facebook, Twitter and Friendster, all of which appeared to be risky in their infancies.
From Reuters ● Dec. 11, 2011
A sister, I think, that should have been Elizabeth, died in both our infancies.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
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