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incipient

[in-sip-ee-uhnt] / ɪnˈsɪp i ənt /


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Letter Cresset External link April 16: Recent troubling private-credit headlines prompted market Cassandras to proclaim an incipient credit crisis.

From Barron's Apr. 17, 2026

Can they crush another incipient rebellion without igniting larger demonstrations?

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

But he stressed there were "incipient problems" not being tackled.

From BBC Nov. 24, 2025

In 2018, as Adams begins to plan for his incipient mayoral campaign, a Turkish promoter reaches out to an Adams staffer with a straw-donor strategy.

From Slate Sep. 26, 2024

It sees the American Revolution as an incipient national movement with deep, if latent, origins in the colonial era.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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