up-and-coming
adjective
up-and-com·ing
ˌəp-ən(d)-ˈkə-miŋ 
ˌəp-ᵊm-
: gaining prominence and likely to advance or succeed
an up-and-coming young actor
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From 2003 to 2005, Flair served as a veteran mentor to the young, up-and-coming Orton, helping to guide him to his first-ever World Heavyweight Championship.
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Seven of the Eight singles champions so far in 2025 were not in Chicago, which meant a great opportunity for the tour’s up-and-coming players to grab some hardware.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Forget actors, what about up-and-coming actors?
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Those renovations brought the Old Town Theatre up to state standards and modernized the aesthetics inside, but the 246-seat, three-quarter thrust space — where a stage with three sides extends into the audience gallery — still presented some challenges for the up-and-coming theater company.
—David J. Bohnet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Seven of the Eight singles champions so far in 2025 were not in Chicago, which meant a great opportunity for the tour’s up-and-coming players to grab some hardware.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Forget actors, what about up-and-coming actors?
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Those renovations brought the Old Town Theatre up to state standards and modernized the aesthetics inside, but the 246-seat, three-quarter thrust space — where a stage with three sides extends into the audience gallery — still presented some challenges for the up-and-coming theater company.
—David J. Bohnet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Up-and-coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up-and-coming. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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