: being in an early stage of development
budding novelists
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her budding career as a lawyer
the budding romance between the coworkers was the talk of the office
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Rodgers’ budding connection with Wilson and the second-year receiver’s surging performance over the last couple weeks may diminish the need to add from the outside, to a degree.
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Mike Defabo, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
It’s been five years since the budding tech giant Palantir Technologies uprooted the company’s headquarters from Silicon Valley to Denver, hoping to plant itself in the emerging tech hub and escape protests that had erupted both within the company and outside its doors.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
The 2025-26 NBA schedule has dropped, delivering a thrilling lineup of must-see games filled with high stakes, emotional reunions and budding rivalries.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2025
The budding pop sensation is having a Lacy-esque rise himself.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
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Mike Defabo, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
It’s been five years since the budding tech giant Palantir Technologies uprooted the company’s headquarters from Silicon Valley to Denver, hoping to plant itself in the emerging tech hub and escape protests that had erupted both within the company and outside its doors.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
The 2025-26 NBA schedule has dropped, delivering a thrilling lineup of must-see games filled with high stakes, emotional reunions and budding rivalries.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2025
The budding pop sensation is having a Lacy-esque rise himself.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Budding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budding. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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