: being in an early stage of development
budding novelists
Examples of budding in a Sentence
her budding career as a lawyer
the budding romance between the coworkers was the talk of the office
Recent Examples on the Web
The budding musician went on to earn a master’s degree in music from NYU Steinhardt, and now works as a musician and adjunct professor teaching Music Production for Animation at the Fashion Institute of Technology, according to his LinkedIn.
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Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
The tour harked back to experiences shared early in life by most budding musicians — their times at summer camps and college festivals, where players spend time in close quarters, often in lovely locales.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
Dress-up was another hobby for the budding creative.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 10 Apr. 2024
The fashion icon and budding supermodel arrived at The Ritz in Paris in all-black looks — Kate in a sheer lace dress and a bolero and Lila in a slip and overcoat.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
And the Beyoncé effect wasn’t just for first-time listeners — the budding acts also saw a major uptick in catalog listening on Spotify in the past week.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2024
With Kepa likely headed back to England, and his loan deal not made permanent, Lunin will be a firm number two in the Spanish capital as a budding La Fabrica academy graduate is perhaps boosted to the senior fold to keep Lunin and Courtois on their toes moving forward.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Despite the risks, budding foragers seem to increasingly turn to apps for help identifying mushroom species.
—Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
Searching for guidance in her budding Bitcoin research, Meiklejohn turned to Stefan Savage, a UCSD professor who was on the other end of the spectrum from the deeply mathematical cryptography research Meiklejohn had spent years on.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2024
Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
The tour harked back to experiences shared early in life by most budding musicians — their times at summer camps and college festivals, where players spend time in close quarters, often in lovely locales.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
Dress-up was another hobby for the budding creative.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 10 Apr. 2024
The fashion icon and budding supermodel arrived at The Ritz in Paris in all-black looks — Kate in a sheer lace dress and a bolero and Lila in a slip and overcoat.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
And the Beyoncé effect wasn’t just for first-time listeners — the budding acts also saw a major uptick in catalog listening on Spotify in the past week.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2024
With Kepa likely headed back to England, and his loan deal not made permanent, Lunin will be a firm number two in the Spanish capital as a budding La Fabrica academy graduate is perhaps boosted to the senior fold to keep Lunin and Courtois on their toes moving forward.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Despite the risks, budding foragers seem to increasingly turn to apps for help identifying mushroom species.
—Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
Searching for guidance in her budding Bitcoin research, Meiklejohn turned to Stefan Savage, a UCSD professor who was on the other end of the spectrum from the deeply mathematical cryptography research Meiklejohn had spent years on.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2024
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“Budding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budding. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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