embryonic
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“It effectively trained a whole series of Cuban business executives on how modern companies work,” Entwistle said, helping create “an embryonic business class that was very, very revolutionary in Cuba at the time.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 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
The Serb's embryonic body of work came in one of the strongest eras of the ATP Tour, however.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
His successors strengthened the resulting embryonic Zulu state by expanding its judicial system, policing, and ceremonies.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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