as in nascent
beginning to come into existence
the budding romance between the coworkers was the talk of the office
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Recent Examples of budding
Daniella Walsh, Orange County Register, 7 Dec. 2024
Fans say she should be celebrated for choosing a traditional path as a mother of eight who sacrificed her budding ballet career to marry and move to the countryside.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
Charli’s path from budding pop star to cult artist to cultural phenom has been both a long slog and an overnight success story.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
The program was founded in 2018 with the goal of enticing knowledge workers to a budding metropolitan that could no longer be as reliant on the volatile gas and oil industries that represented a boom for Tulsa in the twentieth century, according to Tulsa Remote managing director Justin Harlan.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
For $75, doting grandparents can buy a colorful onesie for their little budding artist.
—Daniella Walsh, Orange County Register, 7 Dec. 2024
Fans say she should be celebrated for choosing a traditional path as a mother of eight who sacrificed her budding ballet career to marry and move to the countryside.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
Charli’s path from budding pop star to cult artist to cultural phenom has been both a long slog and an overnight success story.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
The program was founded in 2018 with the goal of enticing knowledge workers to a budding metropolitan that could no longer be as reliant on the volatile gas and oil industries that represented a boom for Tulsa in the twentieth century, according to Tulsa Remote managing director Justin Harlan.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for budding
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Two votes mean twice as much time for companies to hassle workers, while putting an undue burden on the nascent union, Danielson said.Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 9 Dec. 2024
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Since the use of satellite imagery as data is fairly nascent, scientists continue to fine-tune their models, tools and techniques to extract the greatest insights out of this form of data.Carlos Melendez, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Assuming an initial retail price of $25 per month, or $300 per year, Fishman sees the new platform generating some $259 million in incremental revenue in 2026, given a base of 1 million paying customers.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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But when things take a trippy turn during their initial make-out, they are suddenly doomed to relive the same day over and again, Groundhog Day-style.Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
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Autumn is an enterprising college scholarship recipient and burgeoning TikTok influencer.Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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How can more companies embrace the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) when so many industries are still struggling with skills shortages in this burgeoning area of technology?David Prosser, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The superstar also traveled with Furnish to the Toronto Film Festival in September, sitting between his husband and Cutler, for the first public screening of the documentary.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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This year’s Miss Universe, held in Mexico City last month, admitted women aged over 28 for the first time ever.Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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The first efforts to contend with the issue of prostitution in America were, Payne shows, influenced by British campaigners who drew strength from incipient feminist activity but who also rooted themselves in the anti-slavery movement.Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Soon, Caserta was something of an unofficial clothier to the freaks and runaways and incipient rock stars who had begun to populate the area.Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Budding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budding. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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