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up-and-coming
[ uhp-uhn-kuhm-ing ]
adjective
- likely to succeed; bright and industrious:
an up-and-coming young executive.
up-and-coming
adjective
- promising continued or future success; enterprising
Other Words From
- up-and-comer noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of up-and-coming1
Example Sentences
Bolstered by the momentum of Savage, Masters continued to accumulate up-and-coming conservative talent.
A former great urging another man to forcefully keep an up-and-coming female rapper in line?
At the same time, though, they wanted to define themselves as sort of elite and up-and-coming.
And: Once engaged to NBA star Sasha Vujacic, Sharapova is now involved with up-and-coming tennis player Grigor Dimitrov.
Michelle Obama Wears Tanya Taylor: Up-and-coming designer Tanya Taylor received a pretty big compliment on Wednesday.
This up-and-coming station on the route which binds Numidia with Africa is possessed of a remarkable source of fresh-water supply.
And these individuals might be willing to invest some of their capital in some up-and-coming young businessmen, young politicians.
They were certainly a very pretty-appearing young couple, and the gentleman was evidently up-and-coming.
Her mother was a handsome woman, though she had an up-and-coming kind of way with her.
But I never saw a town that had such up-and-coming people as Gopher Prairie.
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