: being in an early stage of development
budding novelists
Examples of budding in a Sentence
her budding career as a lawyer
the budding romance between the coworkers was the talk of the office
Recent Examples on the Web
Its themes also tie into the real-life conversation around how much society should surrender itself to budding technologies such as AI and brain–computer interfaces.
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
No sooner had the Village Voice published Rich’s ambitious overview of this budding canon than Britain’s film magazine Sight and Sound reprinted it and used it as the cornerstone of a conference at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
Young star Cade Cunningham missed Saturday’s game due to a knee injury and budding center Jalen Duren’s ankle kept him on the sidelines.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Baby animals, budding flowers, and seeing orcas and porpoises swimming around the Nemuro Strait make a compelling case for visiting in the spring.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
No sooner had the Village Voice published Rich’s ambitious overview of this budding canon than Britain’s film magazine Sight and Sound reprinted it and used it as the cornerstone of a conference at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
Young star Cade Cunningham missed Saturday’s game due to a knee injury and budding center Jalen Duren’s ankle kept him on the sidelines.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Baby animals, budding flowers, and seeing orcas and porpoises swimming around the Nemuro Strait make a compelling case for visiting in the spring.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
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“Budding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budding. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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