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Edwin is a part of a campaigning network known as the nascent DEA (Drug Equality Alliance).

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  1. adjective Coming into existence; emerging: "the moral shock of our nascent imperialism” (Richard Hofstadter).

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  • This is still very nascent -- we've had fewer than 200 people using the site so far -- but the more people use it, the better it will get.
  • It is thus clear what it means for the nascent Church to call herself ecclesia. —  la nouvelle théologie
  • Since the tourism economy is still nascent, this also represents one of the few opportunities for non-Russian speakers to travel extensively in the region. —  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source
  • The Intifadas, if we recall, were not kicked off by a then comparatively-nascent Hamas. —  Democracy Project
  • It certainly fostered an acutely detail-oriented awareness to my air-guitaring habits as a nascent rock aficionado. —  Flaming Pablum
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  1. Latin nāscēns, nāscent-, present participle of nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French naissant = Portuguese Italian nascente, from Latin nascen (t-)s, present participle of nasci, orig. *gnasci, be born, inceptive verb, from √ gna, bear, related to √ gen, bear, beget, = English ken: see ken, genus, etc. From Latin nasci are ult. English nascent, naissant, renascent, renascence, renaissance, etc., natal, nation, native, etc., agnate, cognate, etc.
 

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