embryonic
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She sprang from Zeus’ skull fully formed; her embryonic development reduced to a male deity’s headache.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
These cells first develop during embryonic growth, and scientists have generally believed that they remain in the brain and continually renew themselves throughout a person's life.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Our critic noted that the works on view “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 ● Jul. 12, 2026
You can hear an embryonic version on YouTube, external, recorded in Seattle in 2005.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
By 2006, people in the United States were sending around 12.5 billion texts a month, which sounds like a lot, but the technology really was embryonic.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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