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Recent Examples of up-and-comer
If Hawkins leaves, Chiefs safety Bryan Cook, Rams veteran Kamren Curl and Seahawks up-and-comer Coby Bryant are the names to know.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
Some viewers were convinced the young up-and-comer was drooling on live TV.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
In Killing Eve, young Carolyn is played in one ep by Black Mirror actor Imogen Daines, but the BBC has opted for up-and-comer Skelly in Honey, which looks set to be one of its biggest 2026 launches.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
When those guys don’t, second-year up-and-comer Matas Buzelis handles.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Probst had already written and directed a taut thriller called Finder’s Fee starring James Earl Jones, Matthew Lillard, and a young up-and-comer named Ryan Reynolds.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
Some viewers were convinced the young up-and-comer was drooling on live TV.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
In Killing Eve, young Carolyn is played in one ep by Black Mirror actor Imogen Daines, but the BBC has opted for up-and-comer Skelly in Honey, which looks set to be one of its biggest 2026 launches.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
When those guys don’t, second-year up-and-comer Matas Buzelis handles.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Probst had already written and directed a taut thriller called Finder’s Fee starring James Earl Jones, Matthew Lillard, and a young up-and-comer named Ryan Reynolds.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for up-and-comer
comer
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The display took place about two months after the comer reached its closest distance to the sun, and allowed researchers to better catalog more of the comet’s various organic molecules, including cyanide, methane, and methanol.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
12 Feb. 2026
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Yet such events are always pointedly open to all comers, including liberals.—
Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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