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as in to promote
to help the growth or development of
hopefully, these youthful visits to the museum will incubate an enduring love of art
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Recent Examples of incubate
For a decade, beginning in 1978, employees of the Park Service’s Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery collected and incubated 22,507 eggs—10 to 20 nests of 100 or so eggs each per year—of which more than 17,300 hatched.
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Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
Many turtle eggs incubate best in sand temperatures below 35 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit).
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
For the next month, nest watchers observed the adult birds patiently incubate their eggs while covered in snow during blizzards and chase off other animals that ventured too close.
—Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
Black bookstores have long been sanctuaries — nurturing Black thought, incubating ideas and cultivating the next generation of readers, writers and revolutionaries.
—Jameelah Nasheed, Essence, 4 Mar. 2025
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Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
Many turtle eggs incubate best in sand temperatures below 35 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit).
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
For the next month, nest watchers observed the adult birds patiently incubate their eggs while covered in snow during blizzards and chase off other animals that ventured too close.
—Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
Black bookstores have long been sanctuaries — nurturing Black thought, incubating ideas and cultivating the next generation of readers, writers and revolutionaries.
—Jameelah Nasheed, Essence, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incubate
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The character helped spawn a Prime Video series adaptation last year, which became the number one title globally on the streamer during its first 20 days, per Skydance.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Partnerships like this splashy high-end drama tie-up between the BBC and ZDF, which has already spawned a new show from the team behind Killing Eve, will help.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
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In a social media post Sunday, Kennedy promoted two such practitioners who have become popular in West Texas among vaccine-hesitant families: Ben Edwards and Richard Bartlett.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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Musk responded to an X user who shared a video of Navarro promoting tariffs.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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The fish should sit for no longer then 5 to 6 minutes in the marinade (tiger’s milk) for a firm exterior with a tender translucent center.—
CAROLE KOTKIN,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
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Pour a cup: Bayern Munich currently sits at the top of the Frauen Bundesliga, six points clear of Eintracht Frankfurt.—
Emily Olsen,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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To bring in more visitors, Katsuo-ji came up with a creative way to encourage tourists to engage with the Daruma dolls.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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The frantic trading, which sent stocks spiking before plummeting again, showed how investors are operating on a hair trigger and are eager for any sign of encouraging news.—
Chris Megerian,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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Nobody believes the missing couple hatched a plan to vanish and start a new life someplace else.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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Chicago developers continue hatching plans for new apartment towers, and the Chicago Plan Commission has greenlit dozens of new developments, but high interest rates and borrowing costs have temporarily squelched investment.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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In Azerbaijan, the pomegranate is not only cultivated across 25,000 hectares of orchards, but celebrated in annual festivals, etched into frescoes, and lovingly folded into everything from savory stews to syrupy preserves.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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An investigation into Fuji Media revealed that the group’s TV network cultivated a culture of power imbalance and harassment.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2025
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The filmmaker collective and independent production company is focused on nurturing new and emerging talent globally.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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Developing healthier ways to feel valued — such as through positive reinforcement, building self-esteem or fostering emotional support networks — can gradually help replace the need for drama with more stable and nurturing sources of validation.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The new trailer offers a glimpse of a dark, brooding landscape where reality and the virtual world collide.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
5 Apr. 2025
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Playing as Zoe and Mio, you’re thrust into the whimsical fantasy and brooding sci-fi worlds that each of them dream up as fiction writers (hence the title).—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Incubate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incubate. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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