rising star
noun
: a person or thing that is growing quickly in popularity or importance in a particular field
a rising star in politics
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a politician who is a rising star in the Republican Party
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Billboard is expanding its Rookie of the Month interview series by highlighting rising stars from more genres like dance and rock.
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Heran Mamo, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2025
Jones’s rising star on X coincides with the company’s intervention in Jones’s personal bankruptcy case, which has been slogging its way through federal courts since October 2022, after a Connecticut judge ordered Jones to pay $965 million to families of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre.
—John Hyatt, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
The ensemble cast features rising stars Adarsh Gourav, Vineet Kumar Singh, Shashank Arora and Anuj Singh Duhan in lead roles.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
Finishing his tenure as a San Antonio Spurs assistant before fully transitioning into his new role, Budenholzer wanted Horford, a rising star with the Hawks, to see basketball at the highest level.
—Jay King, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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Heran Mamo, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2025
Jones’s rising star on X coincides with the company’s intervention in Jones’s personal bankruptcy case, which has been slogging its way through federal courts since October 2022, after a Connecticut judge ordered Jones to pay $965 million to families of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre.
—John Hyatt, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
The ensemble cast features rising stars Adarsh Gourav, Vineet Kumar Singh, Shashank Arora and Anuj Singh Duhan in lead roles.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
Finishing his tenure as a San Antonio Spurs assistant before fully transitioning into his new role, Budenholzer wanted Horford, a rising star with the Hawks, to see basketball at the highest level.
—Jay King, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Rising star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rising%20star. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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