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fledgling

[flej-ling] / ˈflɛdʒ lɪŋ /


NOUN
baby bird
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It could be a turning point for the fledgling government, but it’s very unclear in what direction.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Launched five years ago, Anthropic is a relative fledgling compared to other companies going public.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

For a fledgling artist like Bailey Zabaglio, who most commonly performs electrocrash music at small house shows, Unusual Tuesday can be a time to experiment with other genres outside of their comfort zone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

But as trading relationships began opening back up through the first half of the decade, fledgling pistachio growers in the U.S. took issue with the volume and low price of Iranian pistachio imports.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

To the readers of Popular Electronics, in those days the bible of the fledgling software and computer world, that headline was a revelation.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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