rising star

American  

[rahy-zing stahr] / ˈraɪ zɪŋ ˈstɑr /

noun

1. a person or thing that is rapidly attracting favorable attention.

   She was a brilliant mathematician and a rising star in her field.

   This company is one of the rising stars on Facebook, with a huge increase in the number of fans in the last six months alone.

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Etymology

Origin of rising star

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

Her divorce filings say she returned to Pinetop to help her ailing parents, but the hardscrabble town 7,000 feet high in Arizona’s eastern White Mountains is also where she was once considered a rising star, where culture is steeped in tradition and religion, and where familial bonds are staked in blood ties.

From Los Angeles Times

Among them: Dhivya Suryadevara, a high-profile finance chief in 2020, Dan Ammann, Barra’s former No. 2 in 2021, and Marissa West, a rising star who left last year just eight months after joining GM’s senior leadership team.

From The Wall Street Journal

Beau Greaves - how far can darts' rising star go?

From BBC

But it’s the careful steering of Michael Douglas as a widowed U.S. leader and rising star Annette Bening as an extra-persuasive eco-lobbyist that distinguish this gentle comedy, one that seems positively alien to our current climate.

From Los Angeles Times

Stock in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway fell 1.4% after the company disclosed many leadership changes ahead of Buffett’s departure as chief executive officer, most notably that rising star Todd Combs would be leaving for JPMorgan Chase.

From The Wall Street Journal