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is germinating

  • present progressive of germinate (3rd person singular).

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Yet even though they’ve held a raft of public hearings and workshops on potential new laws and regulations, another plan is germinating behind closed doors.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2024

Her brilliance planted the seed for others like her — daring, uncompromising Black visionaries — to exist, and now that seed is germinating.

From Seattle Times Nov. 25, 2022

It must be too early to ponder whether Hannah the flower lady is germinating from within—and, granted, the show has enough on its plate without another potential Harrison to worry about.

From Slate Nov. 12, 2012

Other crops have been bountiful; the new U. S. crop is germinating.

From Time Magazine Archive

The news does not tell you how the seed is germinating in the ground, but it may tell you when the first sprout breaks through the surface.

From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter