: 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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Using observations from the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope, astronomers documented 51 budding exoplanetary systems after studying 161 nearby stars, offering an unprecedented glimpse at debris disks around stars beyond our solar system.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
For the budding or confident chef, this is a gold mine of Tuscan recipes (lauded by Stanley Tucci himself).
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 5 Dec. 2025
Lote 23 Located in the heart of Santurce, Lote 23 is a collective of stalls, kiosks, and vendors that’s both a dining destination and a culinary incubator for budding local chefs.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2025
For years, Rockwood was considered a rite of passage venue — where budding artists could move up the ranks of their four stages and build a New York fan base.
—Olivia Reid, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
For the budding or confident chef, this is a gold mine of Tuscan recipes (lauded by Stanley Tucci himself).
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 5 Dec. 2025
Lote 23 Located in the heart of Santurce, Lote 23 is a collective of stalls, kiosks, and vendors that’s both a dining destination and a culinary incubator for budding local chefs.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2025
For years, Rockwood was considered a rite of passage venue — where budding artists could move up the ranks of their four stages and build a New York fan base.
—Olivia Reid, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Budding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budding. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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