incipient

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After all, this is a company that holds itself out as the North Star of our incipient “space-faring civilization,” as Elon Musk puts it in SpaceX’s prospectus.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

That the incipient games are likely to be less a party than a very expensive headache.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

"We kept seeing incipient problems which I thought were not being tackled properly, and indeed I thought the problems were getting worse," he told the House of Commons committee.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

“Doctor Strangelove,” “Catch-22,” and “M*A*S*H” collide in British journalist Phoebe Greenwood’s blistering debut novel, “Vulture,” a darkly comic, searing satire grounded in historic politics, suffused with incipient journalism and imbued with self-aggrandizement.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

Any incipient farmers in Aboriginal Australia would have faced similar cycles in their own populations.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond