embryonic
adjective
em·bry·on·ic
ˌem-brē-ˈä-nik 
1
: of or relating to an embryo
2
: being in an early stage of development : incipient, rudimentary
an embryonic plan
Examples of embryonic in a Sentence
The tourism industry there is still in an embryonic stage.
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In those moments that might seem empty and needless, strategies and solutions that have been there all along in some embryonic form are given space to come to life.
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The old president is impotent, the new president is embryonic, Congress is inert, and the press has one eye on the mistletoe.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 16 Dec. 2024
Putting on the brakes and stepping away refills your dwindling reservoir, replenishes your work mojo and provides an incubation period for embryonic work ideas to hatch.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The Texas Supreme Court is also currently considering taking up a lawsuit over IVF embryo division after a divorce — a case that could allow the court's nine conservative justices to rule on embryonic personhood.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 23 May 2024
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The old president is impotent, the new president is embryonic, Congress is inert, and the press has one eye on the mistletoe.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 16 Dec. 2024
Putting on the brakes and stepping away refills your dwindling reservoir, replenishes your work mojo and provides an incubation period for embryonic work ideas to hatch.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
The Texas Supreme Court is also currently considering taking up a lawsuit over IVF embryo division after a divorce — a case that could allow the court's nine conservative justices to rule on embryonic personhood.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 23 May 2024
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“Embryonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embryonic. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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embryonic
adjective
em·bry·on·ic
ˌem-brē-ˈän-ik
1
: of or relating to an embryo
2
: being in an early stage of development
an embryonic plan
Medical Definition
embryonic
adjective
em·bry·on·ic
ˌem-brē-ˈän-ik
1
: of or relating to an embryo
2
: being in an early stage of development : incipient, rudimentary
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