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upstart

noun

ˈəp-ˌstärt

Definition of upstart

as in arriviste

one who has recently acquired wealth and social position having made their money in oil decades ago, they consider these billionaire dot-commers mere upstarts

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Recent Examples of upstart One thing many of these digital upstarts lack, of course, is a regular roost on broadcast TV. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 13 July 2026 Pennington is also using her firm’s resources to turn some of the AI upstarts from rivals into allies. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 10 July 2026 European and Asian markets mostly tumbled on war and rate jitters, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng jumped, powered by a soaring Chinese AI upstart whose shares have surged more than 1,300%. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 The Valkyries have gone from a surprising upstart to looking like a serious threat. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for upstart

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And yet, the digital arrivistes could only gain so much traction with a broader customer base and needed a boost from tie-ins with old-school counterparts.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
Certainly there’s a long and distinguished tradition of associating Jewish arrivistes with entrepreneurialism, avarice, and clannishness.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

Definition of arriviste

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Whether a whiskey connoisseur, aviation aficionado, outdoor adventurer, or eclectic foodie, the small town of Tullahoma, Tennessee, has much to offer you.

— Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
Just like a certain adventurer with some mean, mean pride, Rush are currently embarking on their fiftieth anniversary tour, a prog-rock pilgrimage that will take them around the world and back for the next year.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 17 June 2026

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And all of this comes on the heels of the glitzy opening of the Six Senses Crans-Montana ski-in, ski-out resort, and the nouveau riche crowd that comes with it.

— Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 4 May 2026
Vandelli thinks Stilley is nouveau riche; Stilley thinks Vandelli is a bully.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 May 2026

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