: 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
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Other modes of delivery have included sled dogs, mules, reindeer and hovercraft, but the agency’s most transformative upgrade occurred in 1918 with the development of airmail at a time when airports were still a budding concept.
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Iris and Isaac’s idyll is interrupted by the enemy of all great budding romances: the truth.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 July 2025
The two budding anglers cut their teeth fishing Little Cub Creek and Upper Bear Creek.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
But anyone who’s seen a good Iranian movie, whether from masters like Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi and Asghar Farhadi, or from a budding generation of iconoclastic auteurs challenging the system with each new film, quickly understand that Iran is a nation of vast social diversity.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Iris and Isaac’s idyll is interrupted by the enemy of all great budding romances: the truth.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 July 2025
The two budding anglers cut their teeth fishing Little Cub Creek and Upper Bear Creek.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
But anyone who’s seen a good Iranian movie, whether from masters like Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi and Asghar Farhadi, or from a budding generation of iconoclastic auteurs challenging the system with each new film, quickly understand that Iran is a nation of vast social diversity.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
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“Budding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budding. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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