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
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.
—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.
—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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Adjective
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.
—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.
—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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For Brooklyn Beckham, whose nascent career has already begun to take on a star power of its own, that value may be on the rise, putting it possibly in the center of the dispute.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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The nascent technology has jumped to the top of legislative agendas, delaying consideration of other public policy issues such as red tape preventing energy abundance and outdated laws hindering innovators and small business owners.—
Kevin Frazier,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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And then those pink shrubs with their little flowers, blossoming like islands of pink mist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Apatow and Nivola — who both have parents in the entertainment industry — have supported each other's blossoming acting careers, and Nivola previously thanked Apatow for flying to Thailand to see him film season 3 of The White Lotus.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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These two agents appear to be the two officers identified as the shooters in an initial report by the Department of Homeland Security about the incident.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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During an initial court appearance Thursday, a judge granted the government's request to detain Kazmierczak pending a detention hearing Tuesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Adante Pointer, who represents two of the men whose murder convictions were tossed amid the burgeoning scandal, called on Jones Dickson to continue with the case, regardless of whether her central witness shows up to testify at trial.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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But the 996 mentality managed to spread beyond China’s borders, most recently cropping up among today’s burgeoning AI companies.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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If approved for the public safety role, Williams would be Pittsburgh's first Black director of the department.—
Chilekasi Adele,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Johnson was around in 2013 when Dave Gettleman took defensive tackles Star Lotulelei and Kawann Short in the first and second rounds, respectively, in Gettleman’s first draft as Carolina’s GM.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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The most common reason African violets stop flowering is inadequate lighting.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Jan. 2026
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Brown or yellow dry stems simply indicate that the flowering period on those stems is over.—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
20 Jan. 2026
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Ultimately, no one stands to benefit more from this incipient trend toward climate sanity than the American people themselves.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
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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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Like any other bulb, the amaryllis needs its foliage to build its energy reserves for the next blooming period, says gardening expert Kelly Funk.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
11 Jan. 2026
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This year's gold medalists include an innovative little squash and a big-blooming dianthus.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Budding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budding. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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