: 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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Roberts and budding linebacker/safety John Curry will man the interior linebacker spots in 2026 alongside at least one portal addition.
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Ty Kaplan, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
On the second day of April, a budding hero was born when footage of fencer Stephanie Turner kneeling to protest a trans opponent at a USA Fencing event went viral.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Most recently, in early-December, Alex told Instagram followers that her daughter now has three names in her budding vocabulary: Mama, Dada and Bubba (also known as George).
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Sacramento mainstay restaurants return year after year, while budding hotspots make a splashy debut.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
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Ty Kaplan, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
On the second day of April, a budding hero was born when footage of fencer Stephanie Turner kneeling to protest a trans opponent at a USA Fencing event went viral.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Most recently, in early-December, Alex told Instagram followers that her daughter now has three names in her budding vocabulary: Mama, Dada and Bubba (also known as George).
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Sacramento mainstay restaurants return year after year, while budding hotspots make a splashy debut.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Budding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budding. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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