nascent

adjective

na·scent ˈna-sᵊnt

ˈnā-

Synonyms of nascent next

: coming or having recently come into existence

a nascent middle class

her nascent singing career

Examples of nascent in a Sentence

In the mid-'60s, Toronto was home to Yorkville, a gathering spot for draft resisters, a petri dish for a nascent coffeehouse and rock scene similar to the one developing in New York's Greenwich Village. —

Mike Sager, Rolling Stone, 27 June 1996

It was almost 80 years ago that the Wright brothers from Ohio ventured to Kitty Hawk for the uplift its steady winds offered their nascent passion, airplanes. —

Robert R. Yandle, Popular Photography, March 1993

A few centuries late, when the nascent science of geology was gathering evidence for the earth's enormous antiquity, some advocates of biblical literalism revived this old argument for our entire planet. —

Stephen Jay Gould, Granta 16, Summer 1985

The actress is now focusing on her nascent singing career. one of the leading figures in the nascent civil-rights movement

Recent Examples on the Web Ed was a businessman of dignity, class and professionalism who ran a first-class operation and whose mentorship and tutelage fueled my career from its nascent stages through the ensuing decades. —

Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023 Even with the threat of a shutdown on the horizon, McCarthy spent much of his week talking about his nascent impeachment inquiry into Biden. —

Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Amy B Wang, Jacqueline Alemany, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023 Spotlight Photograph by Erin Baiano Dance In 1948, the nascent New York City Ballet found its footing, becoming the company-in-residence at City Center. —

The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023 But beware the idea that nascent technology can patch growing U.S. vulnerabilities on the cheap. —

The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2023 Shortly after the report’s release, China’s nascent economic recovery lost steam and an already sluggish real estate market started to collapse. —

Claire Fu, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023 One potential funding source is the nascent biodiversity-credit markets. —

Joshua Kirby, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2023 Poggi, the former coach at Gilman and St. Frances, isn’t trying to take things slow at the nascent program. —

C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023 Thailand’s nascent space program is increasing its satellite-building capacity. —

Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023 See More

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