How to Use incubator in a Sentence

incubator

noun
  • Such incubators are not the best place for a newborn to spend the first days of life.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2017
  • After three months in an incubator, none of the eggs hatched.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
  • So right now, our little friend is in an incubator.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Now, though, cruise ships are viewed as the incubators of disease.
    — Larry Light, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2020
  • But now, worries that the games will be become an incubator for the virus hang over them.
    — Stephen Wade, ajc, 23 June 2021
  • In this technique, the baby is placed in an incubator or light box that projects blue light.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2017
  • In my mind, an incubator is a program that’s long-term, doing things that take time.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2023
  • The front is planned as a business incubator and year-round vendor space.
    — Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
  • The dish, still warm from its sleepover in the incubator, smelled of rancid broth.
    — Max G. Levy, Wired, 30 Nov. 2021
  • An audio recorder captures the sounds in the nest, which the zoo will play back to the eggs in the incubator.
    — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • Jade clutched her mother’s finger through a port on the incubator.
    — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2020
  • There is, of course, a strong case to be made for the university as an incubator of all ideas.
    — The Editors, National Review, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Warwick decided to take them home to warm them up in an incubator.
    — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Think of it as an incubator for local talent.
    — Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Since this is an incubator space, check the website for the most up-to-date businesses.
    — Erinne Magee, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2022
  • Among the long-term plans are 4 acres set aside for an incubator where creative entrepreneurs can test new ideas.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 3 July 2021
  • Kaplan said the incubator occupies a third of one of the floors.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The last of the four is about five months old and is in the zoo’s hospital, spending some of his time in an incubator.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
  • Above the storm the atmosphere is very calm, acting like an incubator.
    — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The contingency plan was to keep one in the incubator and try to swap it every few hours to let her nurse both.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2020
  • Once the eggs hatch, the tiny salmon, called fry, will make their way out of the incubator system through a pipe and swim into the river.
    — Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022
  • Vince imagined the sparkling space would serve as an incubator for his new startup ventures and aspired to take over the top floor.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Those getaways can serve as an incubator, a place where in between all the trash talk and poker games, things are getting done.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2023
  • Most founders chase funding, mentors, and elite incubators.
    — Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The camera revealed that a small ecosystem started to form around the incubators.
    — Vittoria Traverso, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Davis moved to an incubator and eventually opened the shop in Waukegan.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • This mini-heater puts all its eggs in the portability basket, and in fact it's sized just right to be an incubator.
    — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 June 2023
  • Maybe your company has launched an incubator.
    — Michael Johnson, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Trevor Snyder pulls open an incubator and gently lifts out a device that looks like a high-tech coffee pod.
    — Rob Stein, NPR, 19 May 2026
  • For Big Sean, the incubator is a homecoming of sorts.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 4 Dec. 2025

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