as in nascent
beginning to come into existence
the budding romance between the coworkers was the talk of the office
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Recent Examples of budding
Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Each had budding professional and academic careers.
—Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2025
Part of me hopes to see this continue to inspire generations of budding game art talent, but then the rest of me knows living up to this high water mark is nearly impossible.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Spintronics is a budding path in the quest for a future beyond CMOS.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2021
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Boakye tracks the budding fusion industry closely and said the growth in companies and the diversity of funding behind them are helping to shrink the timeline toward commercial development through a range of technological approaches.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Each had budding professional and academic careers.
—Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2025
Part of me hopes to see this continue to inspire generations of budding game art talent, but then the rest of me knows living up to this high water mark is nearly impossible.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Spintronics is a budding path in the quest for a future beyond CMOS.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for budding
Adjective
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At a time when virtually every door to opportunity was shut to African Americans, Robeson (1898-1976) achieved enormous feats – becoming a star football player at Rutgers and later earning his law degree from Columbia University while playing in the nascent NFL.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The companies aren’t at all ready to discuss marketing so nascent a product, but Hodak does venture a number—on the order of $100,000 to $200,000 for a Prima implant.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Guard Tyrese Maxey is on a tear to start the schedule, and Quentin Grimes is blossoming.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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So, excited headlines about a blossoming romance between them certainly creates a narrative that distracts from all the negative news each has grappled with recently.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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An initial target of £2,000 had doubled by the time Scunthorpe confirmed on Thursday that he had been discharged from hospital.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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The initial childhood of Victor Frankenstein lends itself more to that age of enlightenment.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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However, the actress was toying with the idea of bangs, a familiar choice for those who’ve succumbed to the burgeoning bob trend in Hollywood such as Pamela Anderson, Zoë Kravitz and Ayo Edebiri.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Eddy Cue, the Apple executive tasked with overseeing the company;’s burgeoning services business, appeared to shoot down both possibilities in an interview this week with Screen Internationalalongside Apple TV chiefs Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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My first apartment on 15th and Union Square was a studio in a classy old building with marble pillars, one small room with a bigger bathroom and strangely an even bigger closet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The purchase was the first investment by a Middle Eastern carrier in an East Asian airline.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Here’s a look at some of the most common issues that keep Christmas cacti from flowering, and ways to ensure your plants bloom bright this holiday season.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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Deciduous magnolia trees shed their leaves each year and should be pruned in the summer once flowering is over.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The nature of a yet-unannounced product or incipient organization demands confidentiality.—
Anthony Shore,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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To her credit, Shannon shakes off the incipient paranoia and goes hard into the giggles at anything and everyone at the table.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Pruning is usually done at specific times of the year, typically while a plant is dormant, before new growth emerges in spring, or once the blooming cycle of a plant is done for the season.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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In late spring, the Badlands transform with green grasses and blooming wildflowers, perfect for photographers and nature enthusiasts.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Budding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budding. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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