upstart
Example Sentences
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When a young upstart joins their party, each tries to convince her of the best ways to get ahead in life, offering conflicting views of success and how to achieve it.
Now he was Han Solo in “Star Wars,” directed by a young upstart, George Lucas.
From Los Angeles Times
For the former small business adviser from Suffolk, taking a small stake in the upstart beer company from north east Scotland seemed an opportunity too good to miss.
From BBC
It’s early, and the contest will attract upstarts, insurgents and opportunists.
Core was already contending with a crop of upstart private clubs crowding its turf as well as a nasty legal fight with its landlord.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
