nascent
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"In 1994 the soccer market was very nascent in the US, and today we have thriving professional leagues, and some of the world's great stadiums," US Soccer chief executive JT Batson told BBC Sport.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Nvidia is struggling to get the market to focus on its graphic-processing units and its nascent stand-alone CPU business.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The first to list risks that the market takes time to reflect its value, given that it is in a nascent industry without much of a track record.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
When Gap bought Athleta nearly two decades ago, the athleisure industry was still nascent.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
It was perfected in North China, spread and preempted or replaced any other nascent system, and evolved into the writing still used in China today.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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