fledgling
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These fledgling coaches come from all sorts of backgrounds.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Newport Jazz Festival was entering its third year, and its fledgling producer, George Wein, finally had enough of a budget to hire big bands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The end of the Revolutionary War meant the fledgling U.S. no longer had the protection of Great Britain’s Royal Navy, the largest fleet in the world.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The fledgling market is starting to get crowded.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Greater shape and clarity, of course, was what the fledgling record industry preferred to long-winded periods of virtuoso meandering.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Davies said fledglings would "glide like a kite" once they lost their fluff and got their primary feathers, and were shown the ropes by the older generation.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Their fledglings are about one third lighter, even though the warmest days they experience reach similar temperatures of about 16-17ºC.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
Amid fading light, the delicate fledglings fluttered in a wind portending a storm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Birdhouse owners say that they wait until the fledglings have left the nest before they harvest and that neither the parents nor their babies are harmed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
Apart from parents feeding fledglings, everything was left undone until tomorrow, which meant it never was done.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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