upstart
Example Sentences
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And Alphabet isn’t exactly an upstart competitor, he noted.
From MarketWatch
The upstart Houston Rockets saw their point guard get hurt during the offseason, so they simply decided to use a starting lineup without one.
After Pericles’ death from plague in 429 B.C., rhetorical and political authority is seized by Cleon, an upstart demagogue who is the “most violent person in Athens” and “the most persuasive.”
Recently, Watts talked with The Times about his new special, “Never Mind,” which premiered on the music-centric upstart streaming platform Veeps to capture the soulfully sidesplitting, spontaneous magic that comes alive at his shows.
From Los Angeles Times
The world’s largest sportswear company has missed expectations on its full-year outlook, stoking investor concerns about waning demand and competition from upstarts.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
