upstart

Example Sentences

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The sneaker company is facing stiffer competition from domestic upstart brands like Anta Sports Products, whose sales jumped 13% in 2025 to about $11.6 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Then there’s the upstart GRU Space, created just last year with the goal of building hotels on the moon.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Now he was Han Solo in “Star Wars,” directed by a young upstart, George Lucas.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

For the former small business adviser from Suffolk, taking a small stake in the upstart beer company from north east Scotland seemed an opportunity too good to miss.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Some dictionaries now accept the upstart “to the manor born” as meaning privileged since birth. tongue in cheek.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner