upstart

Recall that a young upstart by the name of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unseated New York Rep. Joseph Crowley, a powerful 10-term incumbent and chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

The company came out of hiding in April 2025, positioning itself as a scrappy upstart laser-focused on keeping costs contained.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Across the state, there were other races with upstart contenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

Chase, Spain’s BBVA, the Netherlands’ ING and upstart players such as N26 are all targeting the same group of German depositors, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

One of the older mice, Sister Clemence, chided Matthias as an upstart.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The design-software company has struggled to convince investors that its pricing model and artificial-intelligence offerings are enough to compete with cheaper upstarts, and Bank of America’s Tal Liani isn’t optimistic that sentiment will change.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

Instead, many chose self-proclaimed upstarts from opposite ends of the political spectrum: Republican reality TV star Spencer Pratt and democratic socialist City Councilmember Nithya Raman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

Understanding what any upstarts are up against can help, though.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

When he started, he said the Chinese were only viewed as potential upstarts to competition, but things have changed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

Masters of power politics, engineers of genius, the Mexica were also upstarts and pretenders, arrivistes who falsely claimed a brilliant line of descent.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

In an industry where guerrilla tactics pay off, Kahn upstarted the upstarts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Further inside the heart of the city upstarted the intoxications of sin and the terrible beggars with their maimed children.

From Memories of Hawthorne by Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne

With hands hard-clenched The King upstarted: thus his voice rang out: 'Beware, who gave ill counsel to their King!

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey

Roused at one call, upstarted from one bed, Press’d in one crowd, appall’d with one amaze, He turns them o’er, Eternity! to thee.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

And the Prophetess 28 inspired By her God, upstarted now,— Toward the smoke of homesteads fired, Looking from the lofty prow.

From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich

She followed the direction of my eye, stroked down an upstarting frill, and coloured furiously.

From The Lady of the Basement Flat by Earnshaw, Elizabeth

It was the signal for a general upstarting from the table, a pushing back of chairs, a gathering around Elizabeth Cornish.

From Black Jack by Brand, Max

Iris, sudden at the gate Appear'd; they, at the sight upstarting all,255 Invited each the Goddess to himself.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Here! 'tis time you were departing, bird or not," I cried, upstarting; "Get you back unto the Carlton, they on parrot-cries set store.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 23, 1890 by Various

Coxcombs need only lines; their opinions are upstarting islands, held together by nothing but emptiness....

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul