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Describing things which are beginning and developing

new

adjective

recently developed, or starting to develop

emerging

adjective

just beginning to exist or be noticed

embryonic

adjective

just beginning to develop and grow

fledgling

adjective

recently formed and still developing, without very much experience

budding

adjective

just beginning or developing

incipient

adjective

just beginning to appear or develop

dynamic

adjective

continuously changing, growing, or developing

progressive

adjective

developing gradually

in its infancy

something that is in its infancy has only just started to develop

in the making

in the process of being created or produced

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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