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fledgling

[flej-ling] / ˈflɛdʒ lɪŋ /


NOUN
baby bird
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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

His brother, a former finance executive, is handling the business side of the fledgling operation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

BSP policymakers are clearly alert to that, saying at an off-cycle in late March that a rate increase could delay the country’s fledgling economic recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Tools for Self Reliance, based in Netley Marsh, Hampshire, collects and refurbishes equipment no longer needed in the UK and sends it abroad to help fledgling businesses.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Otherwise he lay quiet like a bruised fledgling, with the dry, parched lips of exhaustion and a body which could struggle no more.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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