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
Ty Kaplan,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
Using observations from the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope, astronomers documented 51 budding exoplanetary systems after studying 161 nearby stars, offering an unprecedented glimpse at debris disks around stars beyond our solar system.
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Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
5 Dec. 2025
The actor, Skims founder, and budding lawyer opted to wear custom Dilara Findikoglu, a take on look 28 from the spring 2026 collection as worn by Naomi Campbell.
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Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 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.
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David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Roberts and budding linebacker/safety John Curry will man the interior linebacker spots in 2026 alongside at least one portal addition.
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Ty Kaplan,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
Using observations from the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope, astronomers documented 51 budding exoplanetary systems after studying 161 nearby stars, offering an unprecedented glimpse at debris disks around stars beyond our solar system.
—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
5 Dec. 2025
The actor, Skims founder, and budding lawyer opted to wear custom Dilara Findikoglu, a take on look 28 from the spring 2026 collection as worn by Naomi Campbell.
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Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 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.
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David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for budding
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But the company is poised to play a leading role in the nascent Earth-return field, thanks to its launch dominance and vertical integration.
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Consumer credit was nascent, the 401(k) had barely existed for two years and the financial products that define today's balance sheet, including HELOCs, student loans and layered auto financing, were either unavailable or uncommon at that income tier.
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From the beginning, Mildred Pierce vowed that her daughter Veda would have all the things this newly blossoming postwar suburban paradise could offer.
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The risk from Anaheim’s side is that McTavish ends up blossoming into a true 2C.
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Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association members have broadened to include NCAA Division I, II, and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Pacific Association Division, High School, Youth and Travel.
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Balogun matched Landon Donovan in 2010 for the second-most goals by an American in a World Cup, behind only Bert Patenaude's four in the initial tournament in 1930.
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The most prominent animation festival in the world, Annecy, has named Colombia as its Country of Honor next year, a significant nod to the South American nation’s burgeoning animation industry.
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O’Sullivan could have directed his energy to renovating the houses, clearing the titles, and renting them out to a then-burgeoning market of aspiring influencers.
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Kimpton also always gets a guide on the first day of a trip to show her the sights.
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That came in the spring of 2025, about 11 months after his dad had been sacked as coach, when Pochettino, the new manager, gave the younger Berhalter his first national team call-up.
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After flowering, the foliage continues to photosynthesize and generates energy, which is stored in the roots.
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Each flowering stem adds blooms to the end, so the stems can become long and tangled over time.
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Even incipient technologies like quantum computing rely on specialized fabrication and precision engineering.
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Their evident fondness for one another, glowing warmly alongside all their sniping and whispering and eye-rolling, allows all the nightmares in Big Mistakes to feel like a lark rather than an incipient calamity.
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From blooming tuberose to golden musks.
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Its advanced Halo Control System and LD180 precise local dimming combine to eliminate blooming across a crisp FHD panel.
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“Budding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budding. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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