full-fledged
adjective
2
: having attained complete status
full-fledged lawyer
3
: full-blown sense 2
a full-fledged reunion
Examples of full-fledged in a Sentence
it was years before he became a full-fledged star
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By and large, the full-fledged CNN is streaming all day long — not an alternative version, a la CNN+, but the anchors and shows viewers already know.
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
By the time the wage board announced that the lowest-grade workers would receive 12,500 Bangladeshi taka ($102) per month, full-fledged riots had broken out, drawing police gunfire that killed three workers and resulting in a factory blaze that caused the death of a fourth.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
What started as a weekend hobby quickly grew into a full-fledged business, and Molski, who has since retired from healthcare sales, couldn't be happier to spend his weekends hunting and restoring vintage pieces.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
Baggy jeans, butterfly clips, cropped halter tops, and flip phones have made a full-fledged return.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
By the time the wage board announced that the lowest-grade workers would receive 12,500 Bangladeshi taka ($102) per month, full-fledged riots had broken out, drawing police gunfire that killed three workers and resulting in a factory blaze that caused the death of a fourth.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
What started as a weekend hobby quickly grew into a full-fledged business, and Molski, who has since retired from healthcare sales, couldn't be happier to spend his weekends hunting and restoring vintage pieces.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
Baggy jeans, butterfly clips, cropped halter tops, and flip phones have made a full-fledged return.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for full-fledged
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“Full-fledged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-fledged. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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