upstart
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But a rival motoring group, the upstart American Automobile Association, feared that a race on open roads would tarnish the industry’s already-poor record on safety, and lobbied against it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
UBS analyst Kevin McVeigh remains bullish, noting that Accenture has the scale, “deployment capability,” and skills that upstart AI players lack.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The financial turmoil marks a stunning turnaround for the once high-flying digital-media upstart.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Steyer’s campaign says doing so would enable the upstart factory home industry to make capital investments that it can use to expand its presence in the larger, private market.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Temple was a man of noble family, who treated the upstart Wotton with barely concealed disdain.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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