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incubate

[in-kyuh-beyt, ing-] / ˈɪn kyəˌbeɪt, ˈɪŋ- /
VERB
hatch
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We’ve watched it incubate in this country since Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Fecal samples from the children were exposed to several levels of BPA and allowed to incubate for 3 days.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024

Kingfishers incubate typically five to seven eggs for about three weeks, and once the eggs have hatched the kingfishers will spend around four weeks raising the chicks.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024

It takes about 35 days for eagle eggs to incubate.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

The shells of her eggs would be thin and eventually smash when she tried to incubate them.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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