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incipient

[in-sip-ee-uhnt] / ɪnˈsɪp i ənt /


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Letter Cresset External link April 16: Recent troubling private-credit headlines prompted market Cassandras to proclaim an incipient credit crisis.

From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026

He also signals, with chapters on highway-building, housing and incipient suburbanization, new forces that would radically reshape both the cityscape and patterns of living.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

As fine arts funding withers across sectors and Hollywood budgets shrink while studios retreat from local productions, workers are still recovering from lengthy strikes and the incipient threat of artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025

In 2018, as Adams begins to plan for his incipient mayoral campaign, a Turkish promoter reaches out to an Adams staffer with a straw-donor strategy.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2024

As is true of most incipient bad things in life, I had not really prepared myself for this possibility.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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