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incipient

[in-sip-ee-uhnt] / ɪnˈsɪp i ənt /


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Letter Cresset External link April 16: Recent troubling private-credit headlines prompted market Cassandras to proclaim an incipient credit crisis.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

For Frost, fall is the season of incipient regret, of the virtually too late.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

In 2018, as Adams begins to plan for his incipient mayoral campaign, a Turkish promoter reaches out to an Adams staffer with a straw-donor strategy.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024

“We were told that we should start small,” said guitarist Lucia de la Garza, laughing about their incipient prank war.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

Maybe, though, given the incipient incontinence induced by the flush-out regimen, it’s just as well I have no apartments to see.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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