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budding
budding
adjective bud·ding \ˈbə-diŋ\
: beginning to develop
: beginning to become successful
Full Definition of BUDDING
: being in an early stage of development <budding novelists>
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Examples of BUDDING
- her budding career as a lawyer
- <the budding romance between the coworkers was the talk of the office>
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