as in novice
a person who is just starting out in a field of activity
at hockey he's still a fledgling and needs to work on his basic skating skills
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Recent Examples of fledgling
The city was a hotbed for the fledgling genre at the time.
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Elias Leight, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2025
In his Reports on Manufactures, Hamilton envisioned tariffs to protect fledgling industries and subsidies to spur innovation.
— Made By History, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
George Washington | $1 bill As the leader of a fledgling nation at a tumultuous time, the nation’s first President had no shortage of challenges.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Welcome back to The Prompt, Data analytics giant Palantir is suing the founders of a fledgling startup called Guardian AI for allegedly stealing its trade secrets in order to start an AI company that helps hospitals fight insurance claim denials, Forbes reported.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fledgling
Elias Leight, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2025
In his Reports on Manufactures, Hamilton envisioned tariffs to protect fledgling industries and subsidies to spur innovation.
— Made By History, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
George Washington | $1 bill As the leader of a fledgling nation at a tumultuous time, the nation’s first President had no shortage of challenges.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Welcome back to The Prompt, Data analytics giant Palantir is suing the founders of a fledgling startup called Guardian AI for allegedly stealing its trade secrets in order to start an AI company that helps hospitals fight insurance claim denials, Forbes reported.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fledgling
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Long banking career and political novice Carney, who has had a high-profile banking career, is a political outsider who has never held political office.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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The ideal approach is to let veterans and novices collaborate, as tech alone cannot capture the human spirit.—
Deepa Nagraj,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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The Great Escape festival is held on an annual basis every May in the seaside city of Brighton, and spotlights emerging and rising talent from the U.K. and Ireland as well as international newcomers.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, Dickinson, Babygirl actor and a relative newcomer to A-list stardom, will debut his feature film Urchin, about a drifter (Frank Dillane) on the streets of London.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Free instruction is provided for beginners.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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Chips and cards are provided, and ongoing open poker play will be available for beginners.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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The facility has an on-site training school, which welcomes groups of 10 apprentices at a time and also provides on-the-job training for existing employees, who are 82 percent female and range in age from 18 to 65.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2025
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No poaching, only growing Earlier this month, Villasenor started working as a technician apprentice at Gene Butman Ford in Ypsilanti, Michigan.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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Early in the second period, freshman and New York Rangers prospect Ty Henricks then pounced on a Cam Knuble rebound to extend the lead to 3-1.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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There is, for any freshman defenseman really, never mind a kid that is 17 years old in Hockey East.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Instead, the defensive end had three sacks, six quarterback hits and six tackles for loss in Year 2 after posting four sacks, 10 quarterback hits and eight tackles for loss as a rookie.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The win was the first for Holmes as a starter since his rookie season in 2018.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Fledgling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fledgling. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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