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Beginning to develop new way to go up in the world (7)

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I believe the answer is:

nascent

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'beginning to develop' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for nascent that I've seen before include "not yet mature" , "Starting existence" , "Coming alive" , "starting to happen" , "being coined" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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