up-and-coming

adjective

up-and-com·​ing ˌəp-ən(d)-ˈkə-miŋ How to pronounce up-and-coming (audio)
ˌəp-ᵊm-
: gaining prominence and likely to advance or succeed
an up-and-coming young actor
up-and-comer noun

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In 2025, the festival drew over 30,000 attendees, and hosted Variety’s 10 Producers to Watch, which identifies notable up-and-coming film producers. Carole Horst, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025 Burns is a nice pick up to solidify the right-side depth (and perhaps take some penalty-killing workload off of Makar or Toews) and Malinski is a talented, up-and-coming, third-pair puck-mover. Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 Steamy Lit, the first bookstore in Florida dedicated to romance, is relocating from its original Deerfield Beach location to Fort Lauderdale in the up-and-coming THRIVE Art District. Amanda Rosa october 3, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025 Other performers include Afro-Caribbean fusion artist Beéle, Colombian star Juan Duqu, up-and-coming Mexican group Musza, breakout corridos act Netón Vega, genre-blurring newcomer NXNNI and January’s Billboard Latin Artist on the Rise, Óscar Maydon. Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for up-and-coming

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of up-and-coming was in 1926

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“Up-and-coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up-and-coming. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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