often attributive
1
: a young bird just fledged (see fledge sense 1)
a female bird feeding her fledglings
2
: an immature or inexperienced person
fledgling medical students
3
: one that is new
a fledgling company
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Examples of fledgling in a Sentence
a female bird feeding her fledglings
at hockey he's still a fledgling and needs to work on his basic skating skills
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The Southeast Asian leader, commonly known as Jokowi, openly courted the Tesla CEO for investment in the country’s fledgling EV sector, even making a personal visit to see the billionaire in Texas in 2022.
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Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 May 2024
Prophecy stars Watson and Olivia Williams as Harkonnens and early members of the fledgling Sisterhood, alongside Anouka, Aoife Hinds, Chloe Lea, and Faoileann Cunningham.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 May 2024
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Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 May 2024
Prophecy stars Watson and Olivia Williams as Harkonnens and early members of the fledgling Sisterhood, alongside Anouka, Aoife Hinds, Chloe Lea, and Faoileann Cunningham.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 May 2024
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“Fledgling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fledgling. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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fledgling
noun
fledg·ling
ˈflej-liŋ 
1
: a young bird just fledged
2
: an immature or inexperienced person
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