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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 incubated
Three times, the company came within a week of running out of cash, according to Bryan Roberts, a partner at the venture capital firm Venrock, which incubated the biotech.
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Allison Deangelis, STAT, 20 Apr. 2026
They’re kept incubated at a lower temperature than human cells — 18 degrees Celsius versus 37 degrees Celsius.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Workshop camaraderie incubated technical innovations.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The foundation has incubated more than 10 ventures, according to Appaji.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2026
While Duke has incubated plenty of big-name stars such as Cooper Flagg and Paolo Banchero, other vaunted recruits, such as Cam Reddish, never lived up to the hype.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2026
The scripts are then incubated with the goal and expectation of becoming viable packages in Artists Equity’s slate, complete with concrete attachments and financing strategy.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Jared Perlo Ornstein told NBC News that Humans First had been incubated by the Center for AI Safety and had received an initial loan that would be paid back after the group raised donations from individuals who cared about fostering safe and beneficial AI.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
In the experiment, detailed in PLOS Biology, the team incubated specimens of common lab bacteriophage T7 alongside its foe, Escherichia coli bacteria, for varying durations.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
Allison Deangelis, STAT, 20 Apr. 2026
They’re kept incubated at a lower temperature than human cells — 18 degrees Celsius versus 37 degrees Celsius.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Workshop camaraderie incubated technical innovations.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The foundation has incubated more than 10 ventures, according to Appaji.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2026
While Duke has incubated plenty of big-name stars such as Cooper Flagg and Paolo Banchero, other vaunted recruits, such as Cam Reddish, never lived up to the hype.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2026
The scripts are then incubated with the goal and expectation of becoming viable packages in Artists Equity’s slate, complete with concrete attachments and financing strategy.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Jared Perlo Ornstein told NBC News that Humans First had been incubated by the Center for AI Safety and had received an initial loan that would be paid back after the group raised donations from individuals who cared about fostering safe and beneficial AI.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
In the experiment, detailed in PLOS Biology, the team incubated specimens of common lab bacteriophage T7 alongside its foe, Escherichia coli bacteria, for varying durations.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incubated
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The new severe weather alerts follow a weekend of destructive storms that spawned multiple twisters in parts of Mississippi and Texas.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The franchise, which also spawned spinoff projects like Bad Grandpa, has brought in more than $500M worldwide to date.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
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Medieval schoolmen worrying over Aristotle could be pedants; so could cultivated female salonnières in seventeenth-century Paris.—
Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Israel cultivated a close relationship with Azerbaijan shortly after its independence, with the duo soon becoming one of each other’s most important allies.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Apr. 2026
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Together, LaSota and Danielson hatched a plan to convince other Rationalists to live together on boats too, with the idea of minimizing their collective living expenses in order to make more room in their lives for intellectual work — work on AI safety in particular.—
Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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Jackie and Shadow's eggs hatched earlier this month, leaving their nest with two new eaglets to raise.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Now it’s being promoted by Invest Qatar, the government’s inward investment agency, alongside newer lifelines such as rent waivers and regulatory filing extensions which have been offered in response to the regional disruption caused by the Iran conflict.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Even with a new CEO and a new structure under Dana Walden, who was promoted to president and chief creative officer as Josh D’Amaro succeeded Bob Iger as CEO, the stance from Disney has been to exercise more patience.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.—
Amanda Rosa,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
24 Dec. 2024
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Behavior that had long been tolerated, if not encouraged, would no longer be accepted.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
26 Apr. 2026
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This paper editorialized in support of that petition and encouraged the state’s attorney to voluntarily step aside.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Wreaths were also laid when the event came to a close.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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Cal and Stanford laid quasi-claim to two of the top two selections in the 2026 NFL Draft, although the connection was indirect and somewhat bittersweet in both cases.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Along the way, the newshound nurtured a personal passion for writing poetry as an outlet for coping with homesickness and stress.—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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That willingness to share comes from the safe space that Howard Stern has built and nurtured.—
Malina Saval,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Incubated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incubated. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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