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nascent

[nay-suhnt, nas-uhnt] / ˈneɪ sənt, ˈnæs ənt /








ADJECTIVE
underdeveloped
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He chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump's first term, where he largely took a pro-business stance but brought enforcement cases against the nascent crypto industry.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Compared with 2023, when AI was still nascent, there’s been an overall drop from 51.7% to 50.3% of New York City students scoring proficient in reading and writing, with eighth-graders seeing the steepest decline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Lawmakers and AI industry leaders have also called for guardrails on the nascent technology, which experts warn could soon surpass human understanding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Its film industry is, as he puts it, "at a very nascent stage", with little of the reach enjoyed by India's established filmmaking centres.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

What made their partnership extraordinary was that during this nascent period of nuclear physics, theorists and experimentalists customarily regarded each other with mutual condescension and suspicion.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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