full-fledged
adjective
2
: having attained complete status
full-fledged lawyer
3
: full-blown sense 2
a full-fledged reunion
Examples of full-fledged in a Sentence
it was years before he became a full-fledged star
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This is at least the fourth serious flood event in South Florida in as many years, and only one was connected to a full-fledged tropical storm.
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 15 June 2024
Insecure, bullied by her bandmate and lover, initially tentative in her music-making, Pidgeon’s Diana ever-so-gradually emerges from cocoon to full-fledged gold dust woman rock star right before our eyes.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 13 June 2024
Crisis in Mindanao After a year in office, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is confronting a full-fledged crisis on his home island of Mindanao.
—Alastair McIndoe, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Biden seems determined to turn that tilt into a full-fledged push.
—Andrew Stein, New York Daily News, 19 May 2024
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 15 June 2024
Insecure, bullied by her bandmate and lover, initially tentative in her music-making, Pidgeon’s Diana ever-so-gradually emerges from cocoon to full-fledged gold dust woman rock star right before our eyes.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 13 June 2024
Crisis in Mindanao After a year in office, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is confronting a full-fledged crisis on his home island of Mindanao.
—Alastair McIndoe, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Biden seems determined to turn that tilt into a full-fledged push.
—Andrew Stein, New York Daily News, 19 May 2024
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“Full-fledged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-fledged. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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