Meaning & use
incubated
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Kept an egg, embryo, or organism at a suitable temperature and environment to develop; also, allowed an idea or plan to develop gradually.
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The eggs were incubated for three weeks before hatching.
The startup was incubated for a year inside the university's business program.
A note on using this word
Used literally in biology and medicine (incubating bacteria, eggs, patients) and figuratively for nurturing early-stage ideas or businesses.
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hatchednurtured
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