upstarts
- present tense form of upstart (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Upstarts are grabbing share through nimble marketing, rapid product rollouts and the focus of having fewer things to sell.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025
Upstarts like 7 Brew Drive Thru Coffee, Scooter’s Coffee, Dutch Bros. and Ziggi’s Coffee are currently dominating the industry with quick service and creative menu options.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2024
Upstarts, like Newsmax, a conservative channel, and NewsNation, a nonpartisan one that’s part of Nexstar Media Group Inc., have been expanding their audiences, although from a much smaller base.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024
Upstarts like John McKeen, the chairman of Pfizer, Posner writes, took the opposite view, arguing that it was not worth investing in drugs that would not generate substantial revenue.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2020
There was no Upstarts among the Nobility, and if any were rais'd to Titles, it was by Force of a conspicuous Merit, which gave a Lustre to the August Assembly in which he was enroll'd.
From A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country by Brunt, Captain Samuel
