as in initial
beginning to come into existence
only just recently gained an inceptive understanding of the overwhelming vastness of the universe
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Recent Examples of inceptive
Vaccinating our faculty and staff is our first step toward keeping our schools open and safe and will be inceptive to reopening our economy.
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Margaret W. Long, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2020
Margaret W. Long, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inceptive
Adjective
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The initial court ruled in favor of Chylak in October 2024.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
17 Jan. 2025
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After the flight from Cleveland, Mahomes headed to the Chiefs’ training facility for treatment and an initial flexibility assessment.—
Nate Taylor,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a huge reliance on cloud gaming for marketing its brand, which is still a nascent, tiny part of the overall games market.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Together, these vehicles are laying the groundwork for a nascent lunar economy.—
Saurav Shroff,
WIRED,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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He is set to become an unrestricted free agent for the first time.—
Daniel Popper,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
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DeMar DeRozan will return to Chicago for the first time since coming to Sacramento in a three-team sign-and-trade deal last summer.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But elementary students might catch a glimpse of the news coverage or hear classmates talking about it.—
Tamekia Reece,
Parents,
8 Jan. 2025
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Most of the whooping cough cases in the Boise School District have been in its elementary and high schools, Hollar said.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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As the past four should have proved conclusively, clinging desperately to long dead norms and procedures in the face of incipient authoritarianism isn't the answer.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
6 Dec. 2024
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One frequent topic of discussion in its pages was Germany’s militarism, an original sin that had led the country into the Great War and paved the way for incipient fascism.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In life, Nichols had been diminished to an abstraction, a target for the inchoate rage of men who were, at least nominally, part of his own community.—
Jelani Cobb,
The New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2023
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Williams and his admirers were certainly right to point out the inchoate and woolly nature of much of the 'survival of the species' talk which was in the air in the mid-20th century.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
14 June 2011
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“Inceptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inceptive. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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