infancy

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Shotwell joined SpaceX in its infancy, at a time when the space industry as a whole was somewhat risky, and a startup even more so.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said the force had "no information to suggest that this was a terrorist-related incident," stressing the investigation was still in its infancy.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Quantum machines are in their infancy and while many companies are racing to build a scalable computer, nobody is known to have succeeded yet.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The findings, published in Cell Press Blue, suggest that epigenetic changes present at birth can influence how gut bacteria develop during infancy.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Jellyfish would have been around for everything else—birth, infancy, toddlerhood, childhood.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin