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embryonic

[em-bree-on-ik] / ˌɛm briˈɒn ɪk /


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The sport that began in embryonic form a year before the modern Olympics launched in Athens now wants to join the greatest sporting show on Earth.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Sometimes called “massives,” these embryonic raves bubbled underground, often in former industrial districts with available, frequently forgotten spaces.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

Paterson and Gower used visual references from porcupines to animal embryonic sacks.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

They give us Gothic architecture in its embryonic state, designs realized in graphic form just before their incarnation as solid matter.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Did he think it through as carefully as he should have when he took a multi-million-dollar position on a method of breeding “super cattle” by hormone injection and embryonic implant?

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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