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
Lynette Rice, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Now, the Cowboys have to watch him potentially turn the Packers into a budding Super Bowl contender for the foreseeable future.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 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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Verb
Ted is optimistic that this budding romance is the beginning of his Christmas
comeback, but his looming holiday bad luck still has a few curveballs in store for him.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Now, the Cowboys have to watch him potentially turn the Packers into a budding Super Bowl contender for the foreseeable future.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 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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College football’s conference races are still in their nascent stages, but this week will answer some key questions.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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And the hydrogen and carbon removal cuts will hurt nascent technologies that serve the long-term interests of the oil and gas industry.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Spruce up your outdoor pumpkin decor with a chic vase blossoming with fall florals.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
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Shannon headed home to Illinois, blossoming into an offensive force for the Illini.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With more than 600 million copies of the books sold worldwide, and everything related to them continuing to do well years after the initial release of the books, one wonders how this series remains popular despite the deluge of young adult novels (and controversy) that followed it.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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In an email, Uber said Rinderknecht passed his initial background check in 2023.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Cheng Xin | Getty Images Rocket Lab shares have jumped 14% this week as the aerospace company inks new launch deals in the burgeoning space tech industry.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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Alongside their burgeoning relationship, West also took an active role in managing the Jones estate and Nancy’s finances.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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After drawing 1-1 with Manchester United at the beginning of the month, dropping points for the first time in the Women’s Super League (WSL) this season, Chelsea needed a penalty to equalise and finish with the same result away against FC Twente of the Vrouwen Eredivisie.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Friday’s press conference before Game 1 of the finals marked Engelbert’s first public comments since her stewardship came under fire from some of the league’s biggest stars earlier this week.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On a wall in the main dining room, McGarry points out a large painting of a flowering chamomile plant.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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While the adults chew on ornamental plants, fruit trees, berry plants, and many different shade and ornamental trees such as linden, Japanese maple, crepe myrtle, and flowering crabapple, the grubs feed on the roots of turfgrasses and vegetable seedlings, says Potter.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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On the macro front, there’s no doubt that the jobs report turned up the level of concern about the economy’s growth pace by a few clicks, while putting some pressure on the not-insignificant camp of economic handicappers who have been calling for an incipient reacceleration in U.S. growth.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
6 Sep. 2025
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The following excerpt details their match at the 2022 U.S. Open, in which Alcaraz and Sinner played the computer-game epic that announced their incipient takeover of tennis to the world.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Nixon’s professed and late-blooming concern for safeguarding the rights of criminal defendants might be a bit hard to swallow; these were, after all, the Watergate burglars.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Dramatic ball skirts blooming with color and texture were styled with simple silk Ts and cotton shirts.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Budding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budding. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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