inchoative

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inchoative
Adjective
  • That's because the initial yield of NASA's Kepler space telescope, which discovered nearly 3,000 planets in its nine years of operation, relied on worlds transiting — passing between their star and Earth.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 15 July 2025
  • But xAI’s Grok took a very different route in the initial rounds of testing.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • The project is the first to enlist youth to do this monitoring.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
  • With the first two episodes already having so much drama, the rest of the summer is sure to be eventful.
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
Adjective
  • Traditionally, student assessment comes in two forms: formative and summative.
    Ulrich Boser, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • What an inglorious end to a program that benefited so many young people during its formative and early years.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • Many of Piker’s viewers come to him with inchoate opinions.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Running deep beneath all these threads seemed to be an inchoate feeling that simply to show evil was to become its apprentice.
    Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The original vision was to phase out the Flintstones theme, but overwhelming public affection and nostalgia changed their minds.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
  • My original intent was that people would partner with us.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • On one hand, part of their appreciation for warning sirens lies in the noble purpose of preventing harm in the face of incipient natural disasters.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
  • Miss Lonelyhearts—who is actually a man—is an advice columnist receiving letters from people who are impoverished, in despair, and surrounded by an atmosphere of moral depravity and incipient fascism.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Incredible Hulk' (2008) Before ultimately being replaced in other movies by Mark Ruffalo, Edward Norton starred as scientist Bruce Banner in this odd duck from the nascent MCU.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 July 2025
  • The nascent recognition was far from the first time that Birmingham has recognized the continuing impact of Black Sabbath.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • From a fundamental perspective, Elevance Health currently possesses a market capitalization of $77 billion.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • All good people, regardless of fundamental beliefs, need to vigorously, with courage, resist the sickness that is Trump and MAGA.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
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“Inchoative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inchoative. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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