infancy

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Consider that around the time of the American Revolution, modern medicine was still in its infancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Although the technology remains in its infancy, there has been tremendous technical progress over the past year alone.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

When Ryder Paredes, 22, began studying computer science as an undergraduate three years ago, “AI was in its infancy, it wasn’t very intelligent,” the Montclair, N.J., native said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Researchers analyzed scans from more than 4,200 people from infancy to 90 years old and found several key periods of development including one from age nine to 32, which they coined the “adolescent” period.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

Modern computing was in its infancy, still used only by corporations and the military, or other huge government operations.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel