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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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.
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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
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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
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